Photographer as Observer - School staff at work
SCHOOL STAFF AT WORK My initial goal for this project was to photograph colleagues of mine at different schools where I work: Options High School, Concordia University and the Yeshiva Gedola. I wanted to photograph members of the school staff in their professional space, which implies their office, classroom, or in the staff room. It was difficult to coordinate this, because as teachers, we are trying to accomplish a certain amount of tasks within a day and it is easy to get sidetracked by students, administrative duties, or impromptu problems that need to be dealt with. It is difficult for a teacher to stay in one place for too long. My strategy for taking the photos was to document them as they were working, or during a moment of rest. Within the photographs, you get a sense of what different spaces in the school that the teaching staff uses look like. These spaces are either communal, private, or somewhere in between. In addition to this, the photographs show how members of ...
