As part of my planning for the shoot, I annotated an image of me setting up the truck for the shoot in the same way Ruscha did. The annotated image below is an interesting insight in to Ruscha’s technique and it’s also interesting to look at the differences. Ruscha shot on a 35mm lens from the opposite side of the road i.e driving on the south side shooting the north side. This won’t be possible along the Old Kent Road due to the central reservation with trees blocking the view. I plan to therefore shoot with a 17mm lens, portrait as I will be much closer to the buildings, this should allow me to capture the majority of height of all the buildings. I’m also having to shoot through the sunroof rather than on the back of the truck for legal reasons.
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