Powder photography research

After I came up with the idea of colour powder photogrpahy I have done a little bit of research and looked at other artists' works before I started of taking my images.

Here is a little background info about Holi Powder:

Holi is a Hindu spring festival otherwise known as The Festival Of Colour. It's especially associated with the worship o fthe Hindu god, Krishna, and is considered an imitation of his play with wives and daughters of the cowherds. At the celebrations in some parts of India (and around the world) participants throw coloured powder on each other with reckless abandon.

Previously on my blog I uploaded images of colour powder photography however those images were taken in studio, however I won't be able to take my images in a studio therefore I looked for photographers who shot outdoor.

Here are the examples of an Australian photographer C J Willimas:

I think the photographer did an amazing job capturing the energy and love between the couple. As the two are throwing puffs of colourful powder at each other it really looks like they are having fun and the pictures show an explosion of colour and love. It definitely looks like a much easier process of making these images outdoor then in studio. It requires less equipment and will not create as much mess as it could in a closed place. There won't be as much health and safety issues as it would be in a studio because the participants won't have to be aware of hot flash lights and wires on the floor, moving around in dark relatively small place. 

Compared C J Williams shots to my idea, I think I'm looking for a very similar outcome for my community art project. And I'm even more determined about looking at his works, because these are really shows that using coloured powder is a good idea. Something that's going to engage everybody and offer them a great time for having fun while I will be capturing the amazing experience that they are going to live through during my project.

Examples of memory montage photography:

 Two way of showing the action: using more than one image and placing them next to each other (image above) which has a narrative effect or using just one image that freezes an action in a single moment.

It looks like these type of images can work anywhere whether it's shot on location or in a studio. You can choose any kind of background as we see on these examples it can be something closer to the subject like a building or just a nice landscape behind them. Everything is working, because the colours contrast with both dark and light background.