When I was given the work placement brief I initially remembered a photographer who had already made contact with about work experience in the past. This photographer is called Michael Mayren, a Mancunion fashion photographer with a documentary twist.
I had been interested in Mayrens work for a number of years and around a year ago (In 2012) I had contacted him to ask for work experience/ a part time job. Due to the certain things, there was no need for him to have an assistant, as a lot of his work can be done by himself, there was also the fact of it is easier to connect with the person that you are shooting intimately when you are one-to-one.
Mayren popped into my head straight away at the assignment briefing because I have wanted to work with him for so long. This seemed the perfect opportunity.
I then emailed Michael straight away and had a reply within a few days.
I also sent out a rather generic email to other photographers, fashion and beauty photographers mainly.
I knew that i didn't want to do my work placement in a standard studio doing portraits of families etc... I wanted to get stuck into some location shooting with interesting and passionate photographers.
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