Campaign

Whilst at college we were given a project to look at and work towards a final outcome based around campaign photography. I looked at many different photographers and campaigns before I came up with my final ideas based around Rape and Smoking. 

I know both of these ideas may seem like the 'easy' ideas as they have been done so many times before, but that is what made me choose them - they have been done that many times that they all end up looking the same. I wanted to create more hard hitting images that the viewer would remember!

To make my photographs I had to get to know each subject first. I did some in depth research in to each subject, looking at facts and statistics to help me with this. Below is some of the information I found;

RAPE
*At least 47,000 women in the UK are raped every year
*with less than half of these being reported to the police 
*During 2004 the conviction rate for rape was just 5.3%!
*Most victims lose their case as it is blamed on themselves for drinking or the clothes they were wearing!!
*Around 40% of rapes are drink induced and 12% are drug induced!!!
*Around the UK there are only 15 referral centres to help victims of rape 
*In most cases the victim knows the perpetrator (often happening in their own home) which is why many people do not report it 

PASSIVE SMOKING
*Tobacco use kills more than 5million people every year!
*There is no 'safe' level of exposure to tobacco smoke 
*Second-hand smoke causes more than 600,000 deaths every year!!
*More than 40% of children live in a household where they are exposed to second-hand smoke
*Children exposed to second-hand smoke in the home are 1.5-2 times more likely to start smoking than those who are not!
*165,000 CHILDREN ARE KILLED PER YEAR DUE TO SECOND-HAND SMOKE!!!

I used the information I found to help create my images displayed below... I won't go on any longer! I'll let you make your own judgements about my images!