For this photography exam, we have been given the theme of ‘Truth, Fantasy and Fiction’, and for this theme I have thought of a number of possible ideas.

The first idea was to collect information on politicians in Jersey, that is possible to find online, and contrast the things they say to the people they portray in the media. I think this could be an interesting idea, as it would give an insight into what the people who run Jersey are actually like. I could develop on this idea by focusing on a particular political story that is in the news at the moment. Although this is an interesting idea, I think it would be difficult to create a storyline without it being too broad. Because of this I thought of a different idea.

My next idea, was that I could look at social revolutions in Jersey and photograph some of the political rallies that are happening, and feature archived material to use as more of a backstory. I could look into the development of the new finance centre, hospital etc. but thought it would be hard to do as I am not part of any of these groups, so to give a true representation would be difficult as I would not have full access to photograph everything that they do.

Because of this, I have been inspired to do a project using tweets that politicians and important people have made, and contrast these tweets with images I have taken of a subject. I am thinking if using the same person in each photograph to illustrate the theme of the project. I have taken inspiration from Barbara Kruger, and the way she uses words and slogans and overlays them on photographs that contrast what is said in the text.