Artist Precedent: Sophie Calle

   Sophie Calle is a photographer who pushed boundaries with her "Stalker" series. She followed a man around, photographing him, without him knowing. Is this a total invasion of privacy? This is now what we're subjected to daily, with security cameras, cell phones, CCTV, etc. 

‘Suite Vénitienne,’ 1980, Paris

   This series of photos was taken in 1980. Could this be the reason the photos are grainy? Or perhaps Calle purposefully did that. She made the images black and white on purpose, perhaps to enhance the 'surveillance' feel.

   In this series, we see a man, the same man, over and over. He is always in the center of the shot, and is always looking away from the camera. He is always at a distance. This is because Calle took the photos without the subject knowing. There are lots of vertical lines in all of the photos, which is an interesting aesthetic.

   I like how Calle has used the 'surveillance' look in her photos, and has taken pictures of a stranger. I want to mimic this, in the sense that everyone is constantly under surveillance.