Atlantus is a photography project which Mr Toft and Gareth Syvret have been working on it explores the historical links between Jersey and New Jersey using photographs from the archive as a vital point . The project was inspired by 350th anniversary of the naming of New Jersey in America after Jersey by Sir George Carteret. This project is very research based in order to find identities, historical and geographic links between the two places for example: the Jersey cow being shipped too New Jersey as a gift. The project includes a wide variety of photographic styles from documentary, portraits, landscapes, interior and set up photographs.
One of my favorite photographs from the project is one of an African American woman standing on Asbury Park beach because of the story behind it which made it more interesting, Mr Toft found a photograph in the archive from years ago of Asbury’s wealthy community on the beach with African American slaves, the wealthy community then left. Today there is a large African American in Asbury the photograph shows the link between this and shows how this community has now evolved.
I liked the layout and the way that Atlantus was displayed as the narrative and flow of the images were quite easy to understand. I think this format is a new and creative way of displaying projects. The newspaper is folded into four this allows the receiver of the project to experiment and makes the project more interactive. Finally, I think newspapers are an easier way of presenting and can be distributed quicker.
