Sense Of Place Reshoot

I had to redo my project for sense of place. My pictures were of too well-known places and were rather boring because they were of places locals see everyday. After getting some peer criticism, I decided to still keep to the city theme, but follow a different path. I want to capture a "night out in the city" through this project. My plan is to shoot at night with a tripod and slow shutter speed. I want to capture the view of the streetlights and the glow from the neon bar signs. I want my five photos to tell a story of a night out, but with a bit of abstract. 

I researched Rut Blees Luxemburg for inspiration for this project. She captures urban landscape in a unique way. Instead of conventional tourist shots, she photographs city-life in an abstract way. She incorporates streetlights and signs into her work and that is what I plan on doing also. A lot of her work has shadows in them and I like the feel they add to the composition. I like the way that you have no idea what city she is photographing because of the abstractness. 

Another photographer I researched is Allan Coker of Australia. He has a lot of city-life pictures of Melbourne that inspire me. I would never have guessed his photos were taken in Melbourne had I not read the descriptions, and that is what my goal is for this project. I want to capture city life in an abstract manner but still providing a sense of place theme. Allan's photography is mostly shot in daylight, which I will do differently, but he does use a low shutter speed to capture blurring movement around the city. He shows various kinds of city life, but the one I am focusing on is a young, 20-something's night out in the city vibe. A lot of Allan's photographs from Melbourne are shot at Hosier Lane, which has a ton of graffiti. I think shooting there will help tie in my theme of a night out and provide a sense of place to my project as well.