Surveillance.

My diary for Wednesday 23rd March is all about creating a talking point with people; thus taking the step of turning them from passers-by to acquaintances.


DEF: passer-by, n., one who goes by.


DEF: acquaintance, n., the state of being acquainted; a person known but not intimately.


I felt that a perfect example of these two definitions combined is the man who has been our postman for 5 or so years. He always says hello and asks me how uni's going, which makes us acquaintances. However, being a postman, he passes-by (quite literally).

I decided to show this as a video still taken using the security camera outside our house. The camera is there to discourage school kids from jumping on cars, which they like to do, but I became really interested in what the camera unintentionally captured, such as the postman. I gave the photo a cool blue photo filter as by surveying someone in this way seems to reflect the distance between the person and I. The screen becomes a barrier aswell.