Characters - My heroes.

Now I need to decide on the 3 words for each hero... as I am basing it on the National Portrait Gallery campaign. I think it will add humour/depth to the images.
I am thinking strongly about the titles I want to give each one... Which is harder than I thought it would be as I am basing them around the images I have already selected.
I have done 9 images... but I want to cut it down to 4/5 in a series.
The idea behind this is to get a lot of different looking people looking normal to reinforce the fact that these people are usual London commuters and the fact that each one of these people has done something 'heroic' will bring it down to earth and enforce my message that anyone can be a hero.
I wanted to make it as realistic as possible, and as I am aiming it at the people of London, I wanted to make it very multi-racial and politically correct so there is a character that everyone can relate to.


Hero 1.
I think the sepia might be a problem to add to the series as the rest of them are colour and look a lot more normal than this girl who seems to be posing in an obvious way... however I thought I might look into it and play around with this image as well.

The way she is looking up makes her look like she is day dreaming... therefore I wanted to add that into the mix of things that "she is".
These were some of the combinations I have come up with.

Literature student

Dreamer

HERO

Art student

Dreamer

HERO

Undergraduate 

Dreamer

HERO

Schoolgirl

Dreamer 

HERO

Schoolgirl

Hockey player

HERO

Schoolgirl

Katy Perry fan

HERO

Schoolgirl

Orphan

HERO

I am trying to come up with as many variations as I can because I want to come up with the perfect balance.

HERO 2

This man looks creepy. Just an observation...

Beekeeper 

Vegetarian 

HERO

Shopkeeper

Star Wars Enthusiast

HERO

Shopkeeper

Allotment upkeeper

HERO

Greengrocer

Butterfly Collector

HERO

Shopkeeper 

Butterfly collector

HERO

I quite want this one to be humorous.

HERO 3.

Greengrocer

Religious

HERO

Tourist

Spice seller

HERO

Violinist

Shopkeeper

HERO

Greengrocer

Violinist

HERO

Violonist

Sex Education teacher

HERO

I found this one a bit more complicated... I do not want to include that she is religious because it is stereotyping. I wanted to include the sex education teacher because of the lack of this and the impact it is having in some Asian countries. 

HERO 4

I have a feeling this boy looks slightly too american.

Exchange student

Ballet dancer

HERO

Exchange student

Rugby player

HERO

Exchange student

Hockey player

HERO

Exchange student

Football player

HERO

Exchange student

Athlete

HERO

I wanted to think about the actual character... making him an exchange student explains the american looks... and he is clearly an athlete/jock... just wondering whether to make him a ballet dancer to add an unexpected edge.

HERO 5.

This man looks like a tube driver... maybe this won't work. Maybe it will.

New to England

Fireman

HERO

Fireman 

X factor fan

HERO

Librarian 

X Factor fan

HERO

Fireman 

Model car collector

HERO

Tube Driver

X Factor fan

HERO

HERO 6.

PR executive

Coffee addict

HERO

Librarian

Friends fan

HERO

Fashion buyer

Coffee Addict

HERO

Fashion director

Coffee Addict 

HERO

HERO 7.

Very 'city'

Banker 

Chelsea fan

HERO

Accountant

Part time nudist

HERO

Banker

Salsa dancer

HERO

Banker

Sandwich king

HERO

HERO 8

Cheerleader

Twin 

HERO

School bunker

Twin

HERO

I am a bit nervous about putting school bunker on second thought as I do not want to promote it... however it does make her seem very normal.

HERO 9

Tattooist

Hell's Angel

HERO

Tattooist

Nature enthusiast

HERO

Pig keeper

Biker 

HERO

Tattooist

Small holder

HERO

Tattooist

Rock music fan

HERO

I feel I have a good range to work with here... I now need to decide on my favourite of each one... and work out what they have done to make them a 'hero'.