This body of work wasn't shot as a planned project but more a case of taking advantage of an opportunity. My darkroom is in a business centre and my neighbour is a training organisation. They organise work experience for the long term unemployed as a way of helping them back to full time work. One morning when I arrived to make some prints, I noticed these characters swanning around waiting for transport to take them to a work experience project. After a chat they agreed to my request to make their portraits. The next morning I set up a background in a corner of the car park. Balanced a couple of flash heads with the ambient light and photographed whoever turned up.
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