This document outlines a proposed photographic project to document staff canteens in Ireland. It discusses inspiration from previous architectural photography projects and the large format photography techniques that will be used. Locations are proposed and risks and timeline are outlined. The project aims to create a documentary of different staff canteens through architectural photography.

1. final photographic project “ canteen of our time” sonja kroll 2777165

2. inspiration Spiegel staff canteen, hamburg designed by verner panton, 1969 photographs by candida höfer, 2000

3. function & form staff canteens serve as eating areas

4. communication intersections

5. relaxation areas

6. > facilitating human interaction that has implications for architecture and interior design in general

7. lighting, decoration, availability of food etc.

8. idea Focus on staff canteens in Ireland Photographic documentary of staff canteens across different sectors of businesses

9. comparative study

10. practicing interior photography via view camera

11. methods/techniques “ typology” of staff canteens

12. re. Sander “Face of our time”: straight-on shots > white collar/blue collar environments

13. methods/techniques large format photography used for architectural photography

14. perspective control

15. possibility of enlarging images > images rich in detail > viewer to feel part of image colour film

16. < interior decoration

17. aesthetics bernd and hilla becher large format

18. documenting industrial architecture (exterior) candida höfer large format interior

19. public spaces

20. symmetry

21. Colour

22. andreas gursky

23. large format

24. less formal

25. focus on human element

26. influence of architecture on people

27. indicative imagery candida höfer

28. indicative imagery candida höfer

29. indicative imagery andreas gursky 99 cent 1999

30. indicative imagery andreas gursky hong kong stock exchange II 1995

31. indicative imagery bedford lemere & co First class Lounge on the aquitania 1914 National Maritime Museum

32. indicative imagery tony kinlan as seen on tv 2011

33. relevance documentary project content: editorial in magazine or book

34. aesthetics/methods: gallery

35. possible locations busaras – dept of social welfare

36. trinity college – senior common room

37. ucd – student restaurant

38. google – staff canteen

39. oracle – staff canteen

40. guinness – staff canteen

41. risks - use of loaned equipment - getting access to proposed spaces - shooting in public spaces + shot with available light + processing and printing in college darkrooms > general cover by college insurance > back-up list of locations > staff at locations to be informed > help from an assistant on-site estimated risk-level: low

42. timeline october/november 2011 : research, securing permissions for shoot on location

43. december 2011: first on-site shoots

44. 'til March 2012: shooting of canteens, processing and printing

45. april 2012: contingency time (re-shoots etc.)

46. may 2012: final editing, printing, framing for exhibition

47. june 2012: exhibition

48. test shot busaras - Staff canteen of dept of social welfare