Over my project, I want to portray the eight basic emotions shown by Robert Plutchik in his psychoevolutionary theory, the ‘wheel of emotions’.

I will aim to use colour representations and symbolic metaphors that I believe represent the essence of each emotion, in a range of images from portraits to still life inspired images.

In order to portray a chosen emotion, many of my images will need to be staged.

Some of the basic emotions have relations to the 7 deadly sins, which I will research to develop inspirations. The 7 deadly sins are:

• Lust
• Gluttony
• Greed
• Sloth
• Wrath
• Envy
• Pride

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Two photographers that I will look at in the course of my project are Niall Mcdiarmid (Above) and Martin Parr (Below) as they both show a strong use of colour in their images to help portray a narrative.

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