Over the Christmas holidays, my family booked a sporadic trip to Valfréjus, a ski resort in Modane, France but it was extremely close to Geneva and Turin. The vacation provided an opportunity to capture images of my step-brother abroad, undergoing new activities and seeing how he would react in a new and daunting situation as we would undergo skiing. As a cyber-hub, Noah tends to struggle with physical activities as he does not have an interest in them, contrasting to his three other siblings who would strive in the situation, perhaps causing jealous and feeling second-best. Another emotion my mother and step father feared was the feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction that Noah may feel, especially as we were sat down for such long periods of time and restricted to the car when travelling. In practice, he wasn’t as bad as expected, however, he did cause problems with my two younger siblings, frequently disturbing them but overall, he wasn’t bad. Fundamentally, this attitude did not reflect the rest of the holiday as it consisted of us often walking and adventuring the South-East of France, causing unease for Noah who struggles to leave his own technological devices. My shoots are rather limited as to be quite frank, Noah was rather reserved over the trip, rarely taking time away from his devices, however, when he did, I captured Noah the best I could, Unfortunately, being a bit of a beginner at snow boarding, I did not want to carry around my camera which would produce much clearer images, instead I had my iPhone 6S and I used it to my best ability.

 These photographs have been cut down from around seventy items, choosing images that I feel portray Noah’s trip to France. My mum organised the holiday for us to have fun, but in reality, it was far from it, especially for Noah who rarely delved out of his comfort zone or escaped his gaming world, not counting frequent arguments between my mother and step-father. Admittedly, I have grown rather numb from arguments between my parents or my mother and her partner having listened to them for most of my life, and then watching them get resolved.