To summarise:
She shoots on a 6x6 camera giving her a square image which I will have to adopt to get the same composition as her. Although I'm shooting on a DSLR which has a landscape sensor (not square like a 6x6) I will have to crop my images in post production. This will be challenging as I will have to compose my shots through my viewfinder while ignoring everything that's not within a square crop of the frame.
Her photos are always involving nature and how humans are interacting with the world around them. This only becomes apparent when you see the books as she lays images out side by side to show links or differences between them. I will put my focus more on the overall look of my photos although I feel I should make an effort to have a subject matter that links to her motives in order to push myself and have images that emulate her not just in style but in concept.
All of her work is colour and because it is film it has a very distinctive colour palette. There are always lots of feminine colours, pinks, purples, light blues and greens. The images she shoots seem to always be quite tight, she doesn't seem to like wide angle shots and prefers using a longer focal length to focus on small details. I will have to adapt this as best as I can with the equipment I have.
I already have a few ideas of where I can take this project. I want to challenge myself to have continuity between shots and not finish with 6 random macro shots as I feel this wouldn't reflect what Kawauchi is about. I will be shooting outdoors as I think this is where she receives most of her inspiration but with living in Manchester for uni there isn't much natural beauty so I'll try some shots in the city and then venture further a field when I return home for the christmas break.
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