Idea:
Lately, it seems like small businesses are forming at a higher rate. The effects of the pandemic — the loss of jobs, employment rates dropping, and people not wanting to work inside an office anymore — have really impacted the people to build a community of their own through their small business. As someone who works for a small business myself and knows other small business owners, I wanted this photo essay to be an insight on what it’s like to run one. One of my good friends started a teddy bear business that really picked up in the recent months. I wanted to follow her day to day journey of what it’s like to be in her shoes and her community.
Images I plan to take:
- The surrounding location of where the studio is
- The studio itself
- The people who work with her
- Multiple, dynamic shots of the process of making the teddy bears
- The stories behind the teddy bears
- Portraits of my friend and her mother, who started the business
- Their day to day operations
- How they end their days