Proposal for MASH

Here is the proposal I have created to send to Cate, explaining roughly how I plan to utilise my time from one week to the next. Time and days cannot be set in stone due to the nature of the establishment and my own other commitments, Some weeks I may do 1 day, other weeks I may do 2 or more.

Elizabeth Chandler
BA(HONS) Photography - Level 5
University Of Salford
Professional Practice for Photographic Communication - Work Placement.
Assignment completion deadline 9th May 4:30pm


Tasks -

- Updated graphics for website (EG - Activity timetable. Annual report ect)

Participate in various art therapy and framing work shops already being held at MASH (become involved in the preparation, organisation and running of) Must identify one of these sessions, which to comment on, in regards to their brief and how it is fulfilled, exploring potential constraints and reviewing how the person in charge of the session overcomes issues and interprets their brief.

- Gather good quantity of documentary photographs during my time, all for use by MASH (website, advertising ect)

- Series of portraits of service users (creatively composed as to not reveal their identity)

- Series of portraits of staff members and trustees 2 images of each person, one fun and one formal and traditional. (ASK if certain format is required. Portrait/ Landscape. Square/Rectangle)

- Attend a minimum of one street outreach session to capture documentary images of staff and surroundings.

- Run minimum of one photography/art and design related work shop (ideally this would result in a mini ‘in house’ exhibition which would also be photographically documented)
Potentially work with another session co-ordinator such as the framing session in preparation for the a mini exhibition. (accompanied by book which I will design and construct, May only be used in digital format pending costs)

- Depending on time, potential to record some small clips of video footage, maybe staff members talking about services (to be discussed)

- Aim to perform to a high standard in order to acquire a reference/ performance report from staff members at MASH where my productivity will be evaluated for grading purposes (additional to the standard report).




Week 1 -

Commencing 25th March
-Familialrise myself with surrounding, staff and potentially some service users I may come across.
-Adjust personal time table and set dates and times for activities I want to become involved in.
-Gather all required informational and files in order to begin with the graphic design of some -elements for the new website.
-Begin book design and framework construction
-Begin preliminary shooting.

Week 2 -
Commencing 1st April
-Continue shooting
-Continue book design and framework construction
-Subject to change. Capture staff portraits (Discuss a good day where all members will be available) May need to be done over a few days
-Help with one (already established session) Art Therapy/ Framing in order to help begin construction of a theme and general structure for my own session. (To take place on a wednesday??)
-Begin collecting service user portraits (others may have been captured during previous week if opportunity arrised)

Week 3 -

Commencing 8th April
-Continue shooting
-Continue book design and framework construction
-Ideally at this stage all staff portraits will have been captured, edited and finished.
-Continue with service user portraits (others may have been captured during previous weeks if opportunity was present)
-Attend a street outreach session capturing documentary images
-1 workshop organised and run by me. (Wednesday 10th?)

Week 4 -

Commencing 15th April
-Continue shooting
-Continue book design and framework construction
-2nd workshop organised and run by me. (Wednesday 17th?)


Week 5 -

Commencing 22nd April
-Finalising all images and footage ect for exhibition in week 6
-Fianlising all work for submission to MASH - Images to be provided on disc with signed permission to use all images provided I am credited? (discuss)
-utilise a framing workshop to get all service users pictures ready for display
-Book finalisation - inserting images into framework already constructed in weeks 1,2,3

Week 6 -

Commencing 29th April
- If successful exhibition should be set up and completed by week 6
-Documentation of the final exhibition
-Get all necessary reports filled out and request a reference

Week 7 -

Commencing 6th May
- In university preparing and delivering final presentations.



Whilst photographing at MASH. I Elizabeth Chandler, will not to capture images which reveal the identity of any service user. Any incriminating information I may obtain will not be shared. Should any images accidentally include service users, where their identity is revealed, I assure these will be deleted.



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