THE GATIE BENCH PROJECT

With the inspiration of Adrian Gatie, I walked around town taking pictures of benches. Before I started this project, I had already taken a picture of a bench in Victoria Train Station. It was taken while I was waiting for a friend. The train station was empty while I was there, but I knew someone had been sat recently on the bench opposite me. There was an empty paper cup of coffee. I liked the idea of a presence, but the absence of a person. There is a coffee stain on the floor which could suggest that the person was in a hurry, yet the cup remains up right. It made me think about the person who was sat there. Why was they sat there? Where were they going? When I looked at the photograph on the computer, I noticed a light reflecting on the floor and the middle of the bench in shape of a human. It made me think of a ghost, or that person’s energy that was left by that person. I liked the idea of an imprint left by that person, a piece of that persons history that they left for those who look for it.

There aren’t any similarities about my image, compared to the works of Gatie, but I am happy with the outcome of my image. I think that I can use this as a starting point to the new project.