I plan to do my photo essay on female skateboarders in New York. I used to skateboard so it’s an activity I know and love. I am going to photograph a day at the skatepark with, hopefully, two different female skaters. One will be a woman (who’s been apart of the community for years) and the other will be a young girl (who’s well integrated but still new). I want to focus on both the similarities and differences of their histories. What has it been like for them to participate in such a male-dominated sport? And how they have carved and continue to carve out spaces for themselves?
As for the pictures, there are many things I could potentially photograph over the course of the day. From experience I know I could take pictures of them park hopping (it’s super common to visit 2-3 parks), learning tricks from other skaters or teaching other skaters, leaving for snacks, trying to find the nearest bathroom, or sitting to watch people practice when they’re too tired to continue or have hurt themselves one to many times.