Jersey achieve history of red section and Tom Pope

The red section I have been given, to me, this divides into two main areas;This being the old police station and the Savoy jersey and then up towards St Thomas church.The area throughout is focused upon old buildings and more urban and deteriorating areas typically ignored by governmental property developers as they do not hold a public interest within the main section of town or the finance sector.As previously spoken about all these areas have jersey ‘masterplans’ since 2011 That have not been accomplished,I will use comparisons between these images and try to enhance the need for mordenisation. Although i do believe there are many small communities within these areas to which I could take images of the people as a representative of the area itself. My main three intentions wihtin this shoot will be, old vs new,abstract urban visions and finally gentification and derelication.

This is a map of the area that I will concentrate my work around. Most of the developments architecturally around this area are old and not fitting with a style, most of the buildings were built in the 80’2-90’s and do not hold a historical value or price.Although this would be good to conceptualise my ideas of capturing urban landscapes.

Jersey Archieve:The jersey archive is an area in which historical photos over decades have been kept and tracked in order to preserve our history the lives of the people. Many of the images track specific days in time such as liberation day,however many are purely to tell stories of the people and places at the time. The area  in which I am looking into has also been a pivotal area of jersey as this is where many large hotels and churches were begun to be made and allowed citizens to come together as a society and grow as a community.The Savoy hotel is the centre of my area and one of the largest buildings of jersey history being around for many decades through jerseys history. Tom Pope is a photographer for Société Jersiaise, Jersey.His aim through his work is to show the world and people around him and he does not see himself as the artists but everything surrounding himself as the art and inspiration. Although his word is not concentrated so much on a location but the people living there, this has inspired me to be less concentrate whtin the buildings and growth of architecture but the way in which the minds of people have expanded due to the futuristic advances.The Archive is the Island’s national repository holding archival material from public institutions as well as private businesses and individuals.I think a main focus for jersey archive is to track jerseys progression of architecture and the way we can keep and expand on jerseys history.

Tom Pope

Tom Pope,has an interesting conceptual view of when presenting a location he does so through the people living their in interesting conceptual methods. I think he will help me develop from just architecture to a feeling of an area itself, showing off urban landscapes in more creative methods.

6. Photo Shoot Plan

We were split into groups and allocated a sector of town each, my ground was given the pink section on the map which included things such as Springfield sport centre, the mason temple and various churches. We decided to look at the area on google maps before we went out on the shoot to get an idea of what we wanted to photograph.

This tower block is currently under development, it could be an interesting subject and link to our project of the future of St Helier. It is also one of the tallest buildings in Town and sticks high above all the other block buildings which are all at the same level.

 

Concept: I want to explore the area I have been given and take inspiration form what I find and scenes I witness. I aim to show how the area currently looks and anything which shows how it might develop in the future.

Location: I will take photos in my allocated area of St. Helier, there are different areas that i have looked into on google earth which I defiantly want to take photos of but i will also wonder around the streets to see what captures my attention.

Lighting: I will use natural lighting whilst outside and depending on the environment inside I might use flash to illuminate any dark settings.