10 out of 10 or 20/20 Vision??? You decide!

January 2023 saw the commencement of the 10 out of 10 project.  The premise was simple.  Myself and 10 different photographers shot 10 different subjects in my studio with a two hour limit and two outfits.   Some photographers I had worked with before, others not.  Some subjects I had worked with before.... others not. The ultimate aim was to create a body of work of exhibition quality that illustrates how two creatives and one subject can create vastly different works in the same space and time.  A juxtaposition of our skills and vision.

All went along well, shooting one subject a month until number 9.   Whilst in negotiations with my chosen number 9, he suddenly died. Unexpectedly.  Yes, he was an older man, but this was totally unexpected and a tragic loss.  He was known to me as a friend and photographer. The project stalled.  I wasn't ready to find a new number 9, but didn't want to let down the 8 fellow photographers and  subjects already committed to the project.  After some months I realised my replacement number 9 lived very close by. A rough and tumble fellow with a great look and being local should not have been too hard to organise.  

I was wrong.  He was always keen to shoot, but timing was an issue.  He couldn't do this day, or that.  He needed a haircut, but couldn't get happening and some weeks down the track it became obvious that he was terminally ill and ..... he too died before the shoot could take place.  

Mortified I felt the universe had spoken and this was not to be.  More months elapsed, but I approached no-one to participate.  Then one night I was out to dinner with my mate Joshy when I spied a fellow at the Yacht club.  Ballsy as ever, I forced my business card into his hand and asked him to look at my website and consider being part of the 10 out of 10 project.   Well wasn't I surprised when just 2 days later he rang me!! I was elated!  

With number 9 now "in the can" my aim was to finish off the project. Number 10 came to fruition after a luncheon at a different club (yes, I know, it sounds like all I do is eat and shoot). Number 10 was sat beside me at lunch and number 10 photographer was at the other end of the same table.  It just seemed so natural and I asked if she would be number 10.  As they say, the rest is history!

The project is finished. 

Or is it?

Should I continue?  

Here are some of my images of the original 10. 

What do you think? Should it become 20/20 Vision?