Whilst thinking about the theme of Family in class, I decided that I thought a main feature of family life is home. Home is a place which everybody returns to after school, or work ect. It is a place where the people who know you best live and base their lives around. I decided that I would like to involve my grandparents house in my project as my dad and his brothers grew up there, so there has been a life time of memories created in that house.

My Grandparents have recently moved out of their family home and have moved to a new build in Le Hocq. These houses have been built to create an estate for over 55’s. I will be photographing them moving into their new house and unpacking their boxes, and how they decorate their new house to make it their home. Their are essential Items that my grandparents need to make their house their home. Some of these items may be my Grandparents chairs; my Grandma’s reclining armchair and my Grandpa’s wooden chair that he likes to watch the rugby on. Other items may be my Grandpa’s Piano and the family photographs.

As well as photographing my Grandparents moving into their new house, I would also like to dig into my family archive to find some photographs from when they first bought their house, and how it has changed over time. I will speak to my grandparents, my dad and my uncles and ask them about their most memorable times spent at their house, and I will see if i can find any photographs which captures their memories. I think it is a good idea to use the family archive in this project, as it will give me a wider breadth of photographs.