Yes, this seems like an oxymoron. But I shall explain. My first instinct is to create a series of interventions that are purely photography based. But your initial response to things is often the conditioned response, not always the right one. I don’t want to fall back on my photography background to create ‘a shiny new thing’ when actually I could create possibly more successful interventions without anyone picking up a camera.
In my tutorial this week, Zuleika asked why my proposed first intervention involves photography. And to my surprise, I didn’t have a good answer. In fact, I didn’t have an answer at all. So that is what I’ve been thinking about this week.
So I have been searching for examples of interventions in the photography industry that don’t involve photographs actually being made. It’s proving a challenge thus far..