Collaboration within Photography

Abstract

The intention of this thesis is to investigate the phenomenon of the mutual relationship between the photographer and the photographed person. The main interest here is how and with which intention the photographer/ artist works with the subject in front of the lens. At the beginning of the work I would like to discuss the concept of the authorship and how it has developed over time. It should give an insight into this complex topic and an insight into how important this topic is for the cooperation of people in the field of art. Subsequently, different artists are introduced who work in this field or have gained experience and rendered services in their own projects. The handling is presented and should clarify why they have decided to use such a collaboration. Among those artists are the names: Anthony Luvera, Micky Allan,Wendy Ewald and Broomberg & Chanarin. At the end of the work, the approach of the collaborative work of the artist and the photographed subject will be summarized once again. By introducing the artists in the previous chapter, it is easier to reference to their apporaches. It is important to discuss which effects can be achieved by this approaches. What difficulties may arise as a result. But above all, the reader should be able to grasp why this way of collective photography enables a different point of view.