Plan for shoot of St Helier

Future of St Helier,as previously said my shoot is around the red section, from the old police station to around St Thomas church area.I have Previously shown and experimented within ideas and concepts I too want to capture within my work,but additional my inspiration I have had from the jersey archives and Tom pope and to not its four on my themes of old and new and modernization in buildings but also taking images of the poeple and how their lives have changed and expanded due to futuristic development.My main title for the whole of this project is : Modernization reunite with past,futistic revamp of St Helier.i also wnat to photgrphy old builings that have so much potential to build and become morden and create a new st helier.Old route,archive :The areas in which I am going to all used to be hotels,I could show comparisons of the finace areas and the old main attrcation of tourism and the contratsing digffference through justaposition of architecture and the new different audience of who come to jersey beacuse of these new main attrcations.

buildings and people: I originally expressed my main interest within concentrating on architecture of old and modern nuilindg to stress the change and further futuristic advances we need in St Helier in order to benefit everyone. However know i also want to cpature poeple living within the area,and try and tell stories through portrite images and the areas in which theyare aurrounded. although when it does comes to foucousing upin the builings i want to urban esc photography within this area,ads modern builings are not current wihtin this section of town.One of my artists is Tom Pope,he is an artists I have previously spoken about and tucks the jersey archive.i was inspired by his work because he had so many interesting conceptual ideas of presenting a location through the people living within it, and also the movement and light and overall composition of how you bring an environment o life.Additionally I am going back to focusing on modernization,this comes under the comparison and juxtaposition of fiance sector of st Helier and then my given red section and how i can edit and compare these areas and stress the need for a change.

Contemporary Photographer

http://www.mikehollman.com/galleries/architecture-i

Mike Hollman is a commercial photographer based in Auckland, New Zealand, Mike is a commercial photographer, specializing in:

  • Architectural Photography
  • Hotels & Resorts Photography
  • Landscape Photography
  • Travel Photography


Mike’s passion for photography is well recognized and awarded within the photographic industry both domestically and internationally.  He is a Grand Master of Photography (GMNZIPP) with the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography.   In the past four years, Mike was selected to represent New Zealand at the World Photographic Cup and was a Finalist in 2013 & 2014.

Mike’s unique style of architectural photography, not only was well respected by his commercial clients worldwide, but also was named the 13 World’s Best Architectural Photographers in 2015 by the Interactive Design Institute in UK and the top 7 Architectural Photographers in 2013 by the [Framed] Award in USA.

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Artist Archive Reference

Image result for Ernest BaudouxOriginally from France, Ernest Baudoux born 1828 worked in Jersey from 1869 at 11 Craig Street and 51½, 56 and 59 New Street. In 1885 he was joined in business by his son, but two years later they sold out to John Stroud, a young photographer from London, who in turn sold his business, including many of Baudoux’s glass-plate negatives, to Albert Smith.

There are about 1385 photographers of Baudoux’s photographers in the archive, most of these or portraits of jersey families as this was his specialty.But he also could be classified  as a documentary photographer, as his work includes expensive family  houses at the time, and many other events, such as land being reclaimed etc. Many of his portraits exist in two versions, one of them retouched to hide facial blemishes and wrinkles. Baudoux also undertook photographic commissions of clients’ houses and, working with his sons, he photographed views of the island.

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Baudoux’s was easily the most prolific Jersey studio. He seems to have drawn his clients mainly from the Jersey born and French speaking population. During his last year of operation he opened a branch establishment in Guernsey.La Société say that of a total of 3298 images attributed to the Albert Smith studio in their archive, they estimate that as many as 500 are in fact by Ernest Baudoux .Baudoux images are very collectable, and frequently appear for sale on on-line auction sites. In addition to the Societe Collection, there are two large collections of Jersey photographs and postcards in South Africa and the United States, to which Jerripedia has access. This has enabled us to build up a substantial gallery of Baudoux images, some of which are shown below, others being located on appropriate subject pages.

 

Photoshoot Plan

For my first photoshoot I want to focus on urban structures and infrastructure around the Green area I’ve been assigned to explore.  Focusing on this will allow me to show how new buildings and constructions are becoming central theme of St Helier’s future and it becoming less and less about the history and atmosphere of Jersey itself.

Whilst on my shoot I will also focus on photographing smaller details that may not be noticed by people passing to represent how people in St Helier are forgetting Jersey’s heritage. This is taking inspiration from the photographer Luke Fowler where he uses two-frame juxtapositions of two images.  I also want to incorporate the idea of juxtaposing two extremes next to each other e.g. the chaotic urban structures compared to the more natural and calm. I think this will be effective as it will show people how the heritage of Jersey is juxtaposed with the future of St Helier and how they are opposites.

The first place i want to visit on my shoot is Fort Regent.

Fort Regent is a 19th-century fortification, and leisure centre, on Mont de la Ville (Town Hill), in St. Helier.

  • The construction of the fortress we see today on Town Hill began on 7 November 1806, during the Napoleonic Wars The fort was built using local workers and men from the Royal Engineers, with an average of 800 men working at any given time.
  • This enabled the substantial amount of work to be completed 8 years later, in 1814.
  • It was given the name Fort Regent in honour of Prince Regent, who was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at this time.
  • During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the German forces made some additions to the fort, including flak cannons. Some of these concrete structures remain today.
  •  In December 1967, the States of Jersey made a decision to adapt the site into a leisure centre. The swimming pool located on the glacis field, which opened in 1971 and closed in 2009,was the first modern addition to the fort.

The second place I want to visit is the old harbor as their is a lot of history and jersey heritage associated it.

  • The harbour development which was completed by 1850. A few years earler the South and North pier had been built by the States, creating a harbour significantly bigger than the previous English and French Harbours. But all of this dried out for several hours around low tide, and thoughts were already turning towards further expansion.
  • Work on a new pier to the south of the existing harbour was already under way in 1843 when the eminent English engineers James Walker and Alfred Burges were commissioned to produce plans for a further enlarged harbour, and they proposed removing the outer arm of the old South Pier, and widening and extending the narrow North Pier towards it to create a new harbourmouth.

The development of St Helier Harbour

More areas to focus on:

Themes to consider:

  • Old vs New vs Development
  • Make use of your senses : see , hear ,taste, smell, touch
  • Typography and graphics
  • Art and culture
  • Two-Frame Film | Juxtapostions