The playground is a place to explore, have fun and just be a child. There is a certain blissful ignorance that surrounds child's play and I'd like to explore photographically the feelings and memories that exist in a space such as this.
To ensure the photos are viewed from a child's point of view, I will be utilising low angle shots as if little people themselves were taking the photos.
It is in the middle of the day that children are generally most active, and hence the most activity takes place in a play park, therefore I will be shooting my series around noon each day to ensure similar lighting conditions throughout. As sunshine is assimilated to happiness, the weather must be fine for the shoots. I also intend to make use of lens flares as a direct link to this sunshine.
The location needs to be relatively local to enable me to revisit conveniently for regular shoots, while also being a popular area for parents and caregivers to bring their children - the playground in Central Park, Brooklyn, is just this, while being just 10 minutes walk from my current place of residence.
"You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again." ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762
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