Simon Hoegsberg - The Thought Project

Photographer Simon Hoegsberg's project can be a good example of photographer's
loading him/herself a series of task or a task which is a serie. His site is down for now, temporarily I think. Hogsberg photographed and audio recorded the thoughts of 150 people before he stopped them in Copenhagen and New York City. He presents 50 photographs with the text attached for each portrait.

Working Map and Production Plan

Working Map and Production Plan of the project.

Philip-Lorca diCorcia

DiCorcia's Head series was made by placingflash lighting on construction scaffolding above a busy New York Street, out of sight of the passers below. The movements of pedestrians activated the flash, at which moment diCorcia photographed the illuminated stranger with a tele lens camera. The resulting images show people who do not know that they are being photographed and so do not compose themselves for their 'portraits'.

Quote on Ideas and Rules

Here is a quote from "The Photograph as Contemporary Art"

All of the photographs here evolve from a strategy or happening orchestrated by the photographers for the sole purpose of creating an image. Although making an observation - framing a moment from an unfolding sequance of events - remains part of the processfor many here, the central artistic act is one directing an event especially for the camera.
This approach means that the act of artistic creation begins long before the camera is actually held in position and an image fixed, starting instead with the planning of the idea.

Research on Photography

I have started to read on photography, the rules on photography(which has ben set by the photographer) moving with rules , like Sophie Calle, and the following books has arrived.

Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers on Their Art
The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton
Criticizing Photographs by Terry Barrett

Research on Photography

The Photograph as Contemporary Art
A book from Thames&Hudson by Charlotte Cotton can be a good start for research in photography. Other books on photography category will be titled same as this post.