Eldery - Young Perspective Research

Research by a company trying to build a bridge between the elderly and young and shed negative stereotypes for each group has been carried out by allowing them to communicate to each other through the use of photography.

-- After "parents," their most frequent choices of photographic subjects are grandparents and the elderly, as well as buildings significant in their lives. One child's photograph of the ruins of his grandmother's abandoned house sheltering a tree makes its point poignantly. Fascination with relatives may reflect the important role of the extended family in the rural area where the school is located. The children seem to have found an ease in expressing themselves photographically that contrasts with their difficulties in oral expression.

Initial photographs by seniors focused on scenery--frequently the ocean and marshland near the senior center. The older adults and the children both expressed clearcut ideas on sites they wished to photograph. As their foremost choices, the older people selected an aesthetically pleasing graveyard and various historical sites. --


I think it will be rather hard to make each image actually appear from the perspective of a child or elder person. After long consideration I have thought about drawing particular attention to the specific generic interests of each perspective through selective colour masks however without having read the article above the images would just look rather basic, partially as I would want to imitate a complete amateur photographers style. I have decided to try to explore more perspectives that could be easier portrayed, for example perhaps social perspectives which have iconography attached to them which would instantly be recognisable to the viewer.