The Inspiration: Humans of New York (HONY) is a photoblog and bestselling book featuring street portraits and interviews collected in New York City. Started in November 2010 by photographer Brandon Stanton, over 6,000 portraits have been gathered thus far.
http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
Task: You are responsible for photographing and interviewing 3 different students or staff for the Humans of Vancouver Assignment. Include at least one person who is not in the class. Each interview statement should be between 50 and 100 words in length. Tell them you will be taking written or a video record of the interview. Preface the interview by saying it might deal with some serious topics. There is no risk and no judgement, we just want to share your experience. Make sure they feel safe. If they decline, MOVE ON.
THESE ARE NOT SUGGESTIONS. ASK THESE QUESTIONS VERBATIM, IF YOU WANT TO ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT IS FINE BY ME.
What is your favourite memory of Vancouver?
What is your least favourite?
What was your first day of grade 8 like?
What makes you smile?
What is your favourite activity? ( doesn’t matter if it’s at school or not)
What was your favourite moment with your friends?
What would you say to people just starting out at Churchill Secondary?
What is your best story?
Preface this next section of question by asking if they are willing to talk about more personal things, tell them they don’t have to answer any question if they don’t want to. If they decline, THE INTERVIEW IS OVER, move on.
What was the scariest moment of your life?
What is your next step, going forward?
What was your most embarrassing moment?
What is your biggest regret, to date?
Who do you look up to, why?
What was your biggest learning experience? anything that changed the way you look at things?
Tip for interviewing the subject:
ask for the subject’s name and grade number (accurate spelling is mandatory)
record the person to make it easier to transcribe later on
Tips for photographing the student:
find a location in or around the school that meaning for the student
include props if it’s relevant to the story
Each Interview posted is out of 20 marks. (Written /10, Photograph /10)
When posting page, BE SURE TO "Hide in Navigation".( See image below.) This assignment deals with personal info and should not be posted online (Unless agreed to by participant). When marking, I will sit down with individuals and go over their projects.