When I put to my Tutor my plans for my major project one of the first things she recommended for me to take a closer look at was the work of Anna Fox and in particular her collection called The Village. This is a deeply satirical look at local events such as family weddings and fetes while also seeming to focus on women's life's in general in a small rural west Sussex village, she says that she was fascinated by the rituals that take place in the home and surrounding community. What she's trying to do is challenge the concept that villages are these sweet chocolate box place's that many people image them to be when in fact there quiet the opposite. Like myself she was brought up in a rural community so she understands clear the problems and constants that are associated with living in these areas. In a second collection called Back To the Village she found herself returning to similar themes but with different eyes as she'd spent a considerable amount of time living in towns and cities before returning to a more rural area. She became more aware of how events are more significant in these communities because of how they bring people together in social rituals such as Halloween parties and 5th November celebrations.
I find her work interesting because it give me some ideas for particularly the section in my major study on people because I'll be following similar ideas but I don't really find her photos crying out to me as something really special although in future generations you might look back on them as we do on photos from the early 20th century because they capture a part of english life that might not be around in another 100 years.
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