junior doctors

Junior Doctors


Once deciding after experimenting with capturing various documentary shots that I would stick to the concept of photographing events for my final Major project I then discussed with my tutor and class what events I could possibly go and photograph. When in class trying to think of events I could go and photograph for my major project, one suggestion made by my class mates and tutor was to try photographing a strike. When in London in January 2016, I managed to stumble across a small demonstration related to the Junior doctors strike. I caught a few photographs of the event, however the demonstration was only small and this helped me to realise the events I wanted and needed to photograph for my major project would need to be busier, more packed events such as my previous Durham Miner's gala work. As these images show, there isn't much going on at the event. However something that could be interesting is capturing several Junior Doctors strikes with my photography and using the images from several of these strikes to create a visual narrative. The only down fall with this idea would be that I would be relying on the Junoir Doctors to keep on striking, which is something I can not guarantee. It would also mean not knowing exactly when the Junior Doctors would strike. Although this would create an interesting body of work it would be hard to be able to rely on this idea for my major project as I am limited time and need to be able to keep producing work. 

If this demonstration had been much bigger I can imagine I would have come out with some really interesting shots and obviously a lot more images I could work with. I will definitely keep an eye out for future strikes such as these. I am glad I was able to capture some images of this small demonstration. Getting to speak to one of the supporters and capture the above image was great for my confidence in taking photos on the streets. I feel the images that work best however are the ones which are more action shots of people caught off guard, as the viewer looking at these should hopefully feel like they too are among the strike and get a more real feeling of what its like to actually be there as appose to looking at these more posed images.