Photo Essay Proposal

For my photo essay I am currently undecided between three ideas. I find all of them sufficiently intriguing; however, I think it is just a matter of timing that will determine which one I end up using.

My initial idea stems from an event that is already in progress: a couple of my friends are currently filming a movie. Thus far I have been documenting their progress, but unless they wrap it up soon, I don’t feel that it would be the best candidate for a photo essay since it would be without a conclusion.

I've also considered doing a photo essay on "all things forgotten". These photos could be basically anything from homeless people to overgrown gravestones to litter on the sidewalk: any person, place, thing, or idea that has been overlooked, lost, or forgotten about.

My final idea is inspired by Jim Goldberg: my plan is to take fairly close-up photos of different characteristics of people (e.g. jewelry, hair styles, shoes, posture, etc.), intentionally avoiding straight portraits that would definitively give away their identity,arrange them on a contact sheet (probably 3x3), and ask them what they see.