The 'Hare' project:
My surname, Haser, means Hare in German. For one of my first University projects I photographed 'Alma Roads' all around England, with people from the street. (click here to see the series.) So I thought it would be fun to now do something with my surname. I read a poem called 'The Names of the Hare in English' with over 70 descriptions of the hare. I wanted to create a photograph for each description, or at least the ones I could relate to.
Shoot 1:
14th-15th July 2011
Last night my mother and I ventured into the corn fields above our house. I had been meaning to start my 'Hare' project for some time, and recently I had bought myself a smart white suit that would be my costume for the project. It only seemed right not to waste anymore time. So at 19:30 mum and I carried my 5x4 camera up to the fields, mum for the first time, was my assistant. She was also wearing white so that I could use her as my stand in to focus the camera and get the right light reading. After a bit of cursing and shouting we got the shot.
The next morning at 05:00 we got back into our white gear and drove back up to the fields. It was very misty and the sky was beautifully pink. The idea of this picture was to have two paths and myself walking down the one facing away from the house. I was re-creating 'The one who doesn't go straight home.'
DUSK
(digital test shot)
DAWN
(test shot with my mother modelling for focusing and light purposes only)
