Within my personal project I plan to do many shoots to capture the insignificant events of day to day, however in a detailed and abstract way. The initial scene that I decided to start with was the sea. However I didn’t want to simply capture the whole scene, I wanted to fragment the environment and try to frame specific details that no body notices.
The shoot was done at Green Island beach at high tide so I could capture the water against the rocks. They shoot was done at around two in the afternoon and on a sunny day so that the lighting was good and clear. Here are the original images from the photoshoot.
I wanted to edit the best images from the shoot that really show what I wanted to capture.
What is a Manifesto?
a public declaration of policy and aims, especially one issued before an election by a political party or candidate.
A manifesto is a published verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, government or an artistic movement. In etymology (the study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history), the word manifesto is derived from the Italian word manifesto, itself derived from the Latin manifestum, meaning clear or conspicuous.
Some of the most well known manifestos to people in the United Kingdom are political manifestos, the three main parties; Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were the parties in the last election in 2017.
Jersey also has a Manifesto, which is called ‘Reform Jersey Manifesto’. Below is a link to the Manifesto that the Deputy in the states assembly presented in 2016 as the ‘MANIFESTO – 2016’ Senatorial By-election
4 The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
5 Apple Ad: Here’s to the Crazy Ones.
6 Andre Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto.
FEMINISM MANIFESTO’S:
EXAMPLE OF A MANIFESTO
The manifesto has been an important genre for feminist writers because the form enables women’s voices to be heard at their most provocative, independent, irreverent, and demanding. Feminist manifestos are often short and pointed declarations of identity and politics that use radical rhetoric to upend the status quo of gender and sex. Whether they take the form of letters, brochures, pamphlets, or even full-length books, feminist manifestos try to change reality by using the power of words to resist male domination and to envision women’s liberation. There were many feminist manifesto’s that occurred during my focused time period of second wave feminism, such as: ‘The Women identified Women’ written by a radical lesbian formation as well as Valerie Solanas’s 1967 SCUM Manifesto. The 1960s and ‘70s witnessed the creation of some the most iconic feminist manifestos, thanks to renewed global and local women’s liberation movements.
However, during research i came across a feminist manifest from 1991 which caught my eye and highlighted how radical manifestos can be. I watched the short clip which was created around the riot grrrl manifesto and thought this would be an interested example of how radical feminist were and the protests that they were making to continue their fight for rights throughout the waves of feminism.
BECAUSE us girls crave records and books and fanzines that speak to US that WE feel included in and can understand in our own ways.
BECAUSE we wanna make it easier for girls to see/hear each other’s work so that we can share strategies and criticize-applaud each other.
BECAUSE we must take over the means of production in order to create our own moanings.
BECAUSE viewing our work as being connected to our girlfriends-politics-real lives is essential if we are gonna figure out how we are doing impacts, reflects, perpetuates, or DISRUPTS the status quo.
BECAUSE we recognize fantasies of Instant Macho Gun Revolution as impractical lies meant to keep us simply dreaming instead of becoming our dreams AND THUS seek to create revolution in our own lives every single day by envisioning and creating alternatives to the bullshit christian capitalist way of doing things.
BECAUSE we want and need to encourage and be encouraged in the face of all our own insecurities, in the face of beergutboyrock that tells us we can’t play our instruments, in the face of “authorities” who say our bands/zines/etc are the worst in the US and
BECAUSE we don’t wanna assimilate to someone else’s (boy) standards of what is or isn’t.
BECAUSE we are unwilling to falter under claims that we are reactionary “reverse sexists” AND NOT THE TRUEPUNKROCKSOULCRUSADERS THAT WE KNOW we really are.
BECAUSE we know that life is much more than physical survival and are patently aware that the punk rock “you can do anything” idea is crucial to the coming angry grrrl rock revolution which seeks to save the psychic and cultural lives of girls and women everywhere, according to their own terms, not ours.
BECAUSE we are interested in creating non-heirarchical ways of being AND making music, friends, and scenes based on communication + understanding, instead of competition + good/bad categorizations.
BECAUSE doing/reading/seeing/hearing cool things that validate and challenge us can help us gain the strength and sense of community that we need in order to figure out how bullshit like racism, able-bodieism, ageism, speciesism, classism, thinism, sexism, anti-semitism and heterosexism figures in our own lives.
BECAUSE we see fostering and supporting girl scenes and girl artists of all kinds as integral to this process.
BECAUSE we hate capitalism in all its forms and see our main goal as sharing information and staying alive, instead of making profits of being cool according to traditional standards.
BECAUSE we are angry at a society that tells us Girl = Dumb, Girl = Bad, Girl = Weak.
BECAUSE we are unwilling to let our real and valid anger be diffused and/or turned against us via the internalization of sexism as witnessed in girl/girl jealousism and self defeating girltype behaviors.
BECAUSE I believe with my wholeheartmindbody that girls constitute a revolutionary soul force that can, and will change the world for real.
MY MANIFESTO:
Make photo’s of:
A Feminist
Adolescents exploring their sexuality
Women expressing their Femininity
Women being exploited – similar to actresses in the 1970’s
Women where the rule of technicality is broken (grainy/blurred)
Portraits with strong facial expression and stance
In terms of my progress through my exam project, I am making steady progress and am approaching my first couple photoshoots fast; both are over the next couple of days. I have already completed a practise shoot with my girlfriend Lucy; I did this on Saturday 10th March at Les Quennevais Estate and the blog post outlining the shoot, my intentions for it and the product form the shoot will be uploaded in another blog post soon but I am focusing on finalising the plans for my first two shoots taking place on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The shoot on Saturday went well and it was a useful practise exercise for me to complete so I was aware of the tools on my camera and how to use the settings in relation to my new lens as it was the first time I had properly used it for a shoot. There are many positives to take from the shoot but a lot of improvements I can make also and I know where to improve for my first two shoots this week.
For the two shoots taking place this week, one on Wednesday and one on Thursday, I want to base myself with my model in a different location to where I was on Saturday but I do intend to come back to this location at Les Quenenvaus Estate at some point during my exam.
On Wednesday for my shoot with Peter, I intend to use the urban look of Minden Place car park and in particular, the top level where it is open air but I may also explore the other level as well as the stairs in the multi story car park to base some shots as this will also provide a urban feel. However, I do want to carry out a recce report for the location before my a shoot tomorrow and will be doing this sometime this afternoon. This will give me a better idea of what the area actually looks like and its dimensions and any possible risks or hazards that we could come across. As well, it will allow me to understand the types of shots I may be able to capture. Furthermore, I will need to take into consideration that it is likely the car park may be full with cars and I need to decide whether I feel this is appropriate for my photoshoot and I need to take into consideration the lightning as I will be working solely with natural light.
My second shoot is with Max and this is taking place on Thursday 15th this week. For this, I have decided to base the afternoon at Snow Hill/Green Street area. I want to take a range of shots at Snow Hill and all around this area; on the bridge above the entrance to the car park and on the road adjacent to this bridge running along the right side of the car park which leads down to one end of town where Petit Baguette cafe is. I will be utilising this area as well the surrounding areas in town and on any suitable streets. I am yet to fill the models in on these pans but I intend to do this today.
