After beginning to look at current social issues like; the riots, money problems etc, I have began to feel like I have no personal connection with these issues and have decided to bring my project closer to home and to the issues I find effect and concern me personally.
Therefore I think I'm going to focus my project on the issue of Ageism. I have an extremely strong relationship with my grandparents, and even more so with my Grandfather since my Grandma passed away. I spend a lot of time with my Grandpa and from doing so often find myself getting very protective of him when we are in public. For example I see people pushing past or making frustrated faces/noises if they are stood behind him in the street or a cue in a shop, this to me seems very rude to do to anyone full stop, but I find it even more infuriating when it is to someone of an older generation!
Luckily, I have never seen my Grandpa subjected to any threatening behavior, but I see in the news a lot that the elder generations are targeted by younger people within crime, abuse etc.
I have now began to think about how I can develop my concept in order to create a photo that symbolizes how I feel about ageism and comment on how I believe it is wrong.
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