I would like to do a story focusing on 3 different music acts that perform at Union Square. There are about 3 or 4 main areas where people choose to do performances in the station so at anytime there are multiple artists giving shows. My intention is to spend an hour or so with each of the performers and observe them doing at least 2 or three sets. Talking to them and witnessing how they interact with onlookers, MTA workers and even other artists should give an interesting profile of these artists.
It would be interesting to find totally different types of acts, that congregate in different areas and garner different types of crowd. The diversity of images and information will show the wide spectrum of entertainment that gathers to show off there skills at “The Square”. I would most likely go about doing this project by hanging around Union Square for a few hours on Friday and Saturday and talk to a few different artists. I would snap a few photos initially before meeting them, then use that as a way to strike up conversation with them after their first set. Then I would stick around for a couple more sets getting different, more intimate and detailed angles of the performer and audience. I would then pick out the best photos that fit into the image that I am trying to paint of Union Square.
So many people pass through Union Square everyday not noticing the amount of culture and entertainment that the station hosts at any given time. I think that this hub of culture deserves its story to be told.
