Think Act Vote and political fashion
Over the past few weeks I have been fairly busy working, designing and editing my website (about to be launched!) and collaborating on some interesting projects that I keep meaning to share here… um, a little late, but here’s one update.
For a few weeks I was working with the Think Act Vote campaign photographing for the campaign’s book. Think Act Vote was using fashion as a way to engage younger audiences to vote in the election. What I liked about it was how it tried to get people to think about the election as more than just a one-off event but how political choices impact us on a daily basis. Amisha Ghadiali, a jeweller and Associate Director of the Ethical Fashion Forum launched the campaign by getting local fashion designers to ‘remake’ the campaign tshirt into one-off pieces. The other part of the campaign has been getting people to fill in their own answers to “The future I choose…” and setting up photobooths in various locations where everyone gets to have a professional shoot wearing the campaign t-shirt. The results will be published in a book to be presented to the Prime Minister later this year.
Ill share some images from the portrait shoots later but here are some images from the pre-election party at Camp London. Also, there is still time to fill in your own answer to “The future I choose…” and be included in the book–fill the form out online.
– london, uk, about 19 degrees on a bright sunny afternoon, listening to “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone
MARCIA CHANDRA 