DOCUMENTARY Assignment : Part 2 : Task 1 : Research : 'Cuts'

'Cuts' is one of the topics that we can choose to photograph in a documentary style. Cuts could be illustrated by demonstrations or strikes, abandoned shops, queues for the job centre, etc. Cuts are a very worrying thing especially for the younger generation. Nothing is guaranteed: pensions, career paths, even having a job isn't guaranteed. Because of the economic downturn lots of things have been cut by the government. People have been made redundant and lost jobs, this has lead to some having to move homes or take out larger mortgages. Student fees have been raised from an average of £3000 a year to £9000, leaving students struggling even more to pay for their education or choosing to not get an education at all.

DISCLAIMER: None of the above images are my own.

Cuts is a really interesting thing to photograph especially from a Documentary point of view. It's the sort of thing that you probably wouldn't notice when you are going about your average day but when you look into it you would notice derelict buildings etc. I think it is a huge shame that we are in such an economic crisis and people are fearing for their jobs and eventually their livelihood. 

I think that the best thing to illustrate cuts would be a strike like some of the images above, however, a strike is usually planned to be on one day and this sort of footage would be hard to capture within the amount of time I have to hand this assignment in so I have chosen not to work on the theme of 'cuts'.