For this project I will be looking at a variety of different photographers, ranging from well known fashion photographers such as Steven Meisel to Helmut Newton, to other photographers from cultures such as Japan.

I will be focusing on mainly on the lighting used and trying out their styles of techniques. My main concept I want to look at is crowds and people, so I will be researching a variety of photographers who take both candid and crowd shots. I want to look into different cultures and try and capture some identity and potential mental isolation shots through commuting and crowds, as though they are ghosts in a crowd.

For my primary research I will go to a variety of exhibitions looking at the different skills and techniques used. I will then go and take my own candid photographs of crowds and commuters in places such as train stations and tube stations. I also want to incorporate the cultural research I have looked at so will look at going to places like China town in Manchester and London and other areas in Manchester such as the northern quarter, curry mile, Jewish quarter and the gay quarter for more primary images. I would also like to take some more editorial shots as well in these locations to show some of the contrast between rushing around and not.