Mother-of-four, 28, banned from every nightclub in town

Mother-of-four, 28, banned from every nightclub in town for being 'too old to wear skimpy outfits'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090547/Mother-28-banned-towns-nightclubs-old-wear-skimpy-outfits.html#ixzz1v8R4yQ2y

With a size six figure and 36DD chest, this petite blonde thought she would have no trouble getting into a nightclub.
But 28-year-old Lisa Woodman has been banned from every hotspot in her home town - after being told she is too old to wear skimpy outfits.
The furious mother-of-four was barred from three venues in Worcester, West Midlands, because of her low-cut tops, short skirts and knee-length boots.

Ms Woodman, who is 5ft 3in, admitted she liked to flaunt her figure but claimed her outfits were conservative compared with those of younger girls.
She was left in tears on New Year's Eve when doormen at Mode nightclub turned her away and told her: 'You're too old to wear that get-up.'

Ms Woodman, who is 5ft 3in, admitted she liked to flaunt her figure but claimed her outfits were conservative compared with those of younger girls

Ms Woodman has also been banned from the city's other two nightclubs - Tramps and Velvet.
All three, owned by the same company in Worcester, said the ban will stay unless she tones down her appearance.
Ms Woodman, a medical secretary at a hospital hygiene company, said: 'What's wrong with what I wear?
'I'm not hurting anyone, am I? I am covering everything, and I just want to have a good time.

'We never cause any trouble and we've never been rude to the bouncers.
'None of the pubs give me any hassle about my outfits so why do the nightclubs have such a problem?'
She added: 'There were teenagers and girls in their 20s wearing much more revealing outfits but they went straight in.
'When I asked the bouncers why me and my sister weren't allowed in, they just said "You're too old to wear that get-up".
'I couldn't believe it. I'm only 28 and still consider myself young.'
Ms Woodman started hitting the town last year after splitting from her long-term partner and father of her children Josh, 12, Jamie, ten, and daughters Billie, six, and three-year-old Angel.
She had a breast enhancement operation in April and regularly works out in the gym to keep her figure.
'I always like to look sexy when I go out on the town,' she said.
'I split up from my partner last year and I was really upset so I had a boob job in April and got into shape going to the gym and now I just want to flaunt what I've got.
'I normally wear short skirts and one-piece outfits which might be revealing but never show off too much.
'I like my high-heel boots and mini-skirts. I've got loads of them - they usually cost between £20 and £50 but when I let my hair down, I like to look my best.'
Ms Woodman enjoys a night on the town in Worcester once a fortnight with her sister Sarah, 32, and usually tries to end the evening at one of the three nightclubs.

"inside clubbing" written by Phil Jackson.

Few towns or cities are without at least a couple of clubs, weigh many cities such as Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield and London having well-developed and multi-layered clubbing industries which contribute substantially to the local city economies. (O'connor and Wayne, 1995)

Whore, freaks, saints and angels, we're all beautiful, we're all dangerous, we're all users, we're all takers. This is how God made us. (Dirty Beatnicks)

"This book is all about dancing, smiling, drugging, flirting, fucking, friendship and having a ball. There are two reasons why i've written it, the first is that i love to party, the second if that i think clubbing is an important and complex social experience that merits further investigation. More specifically i believe that by examining clubs you are grated access to a particular kind of knowledge that has either been reviled or ignored in the western world. This knowledge  throws new light upon the way in which our lives are constructed, experienced and lives as we head further into the twenty-first century."

"Various elements go into the club experience. I examine dancing, music, sex. dressing-up and drugs and the  show how each of these aspects of clubbing feeds into and creates the unique social vibe found in clubs, which makes them radically different form any other public space."

(above are sections from the introduction of the book  "inside clubbing" written by Phil Jackson.

Britain Unzipped

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00qgr75





 "Sneaking a peak through the curtains of this great but very weird country to explore the real Britain."

Unzipped report consistd of 500 personal questions.

"this country can't get laid without getting really really pissed."

8% of the inhabitants of Birmingham claim that they get drunk every single day of their lives - that's 50,000 people!

The response to "Britain has a dangerous drinking habit" is something like;

"C'mon Garry... Drink up!"

"Down it, down it, down it!!"

A female member of the audience said "We just get really really drunk... drink as much vodka as we can until we puke."

The avergae age people get drunk at in Britain is 15!!

Maciej Dakowicz

I have looked at the work of Maciej Dakowicz as reference for these images.
He documents Cardiff (Wales) night life. Although his response is different to mine, in the sense that i want to present the gritty, dirty, shameful and shocking side in a more grungy way. An interesting note i did make that i would like to somehow incorporate in my work is the way in which he titles the images with the time at which they were taken. I came across his images in the book (street photography now - page 32 - 35)
I want to give my images more of a grainy almost blurry effect to heighten the sense of "drunkenness" and present this idea of time being slowed down, the idea behind this being that alcohol reduces reaction speeds. 
After looking at my images i realise that i need to find a balance between the effect mentioned above and the clarity of Dakowicz images.
However i do like the ambiguity of mine, they require longer viewing time to fully absorb whats occuring within the frame.

Dakowicz's images present nightlife in a more comical way, almost representing the city as an urban playground. Many of his images are humerous and don't neccisarily present the idea of vulnerablity and the grotesque as i wish to with my photographs.
This series of work could take on many avenues and there are many routes which i could visually explore, for example I could chose to focus on the people and their clothing. The moments of boredom present on peoples faces in clubs. I could focus on a particuliar clubbing scene like students or the gay community.
I could focus on older generations who re-live thier youth in silly costumes. ECT