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Saint Kitts, also known as Saint Christopher Island, after Christopher Columbus is an island in the West Indies/Caribbean. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean. Saint Kitts and the neighboring island of Nevis constitute one country,  the islands are separated by a shallow 3-kilometer channel known as “The Narrows”

Saint Kitts has a population of around 40,000, the majority of people who are native to the island are of African descent. The primary language is English, the people who live there have coined the name Kittitians, such as Jersey people call themselves Jersey Beans.

Saint Kitts became the first  Caribbean island in which the British and French set up  colonies in the mid 1620s. Along with the island nation of Nevis, Saint Kitts was a member of the British West Indies until gaining independence on September 19, 1983.

The island of Saint Kitts is home to the Warner Park Cricket Stadium, which was used to host 2007 Cricket World Cup matches. This made St. Kitts and Nevis the smallest nation to ever host a World Cup event.

Similar to Jersey, the island is divided into nine parishes:

  • Christ Church Nichola Town
  • Saint Anne Sandy Point
  • Saint George Basseterre
  • Saint John Capisterre
  • Saint Mary Cayon
  • Saint Paul Capisterre
  • Saint Peter Basseterre
  • Saint Thomas Middle Island
  • Trinity Palmetto Point

Both of my grandparents on my dads side of the family are native to the island, they both came to England sepretaly as part of the ‘Wind-rush’ generation, but met in England and the decided to settle down and start and family.

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The Windrush generation refers to the collection of immigrants who were invited to come to England to start and new life and work. The British crown called on its empire, to come and work in England to help boots the economy and rebuild England after the war. The immigrants that came from the Caribbean/West Indies, are called ‘Windrush’ as the first boat to sail to England was called MV Empire Windrush, which on June 22, 1948, docked in Tilbury, Essex, bringing nearly 500 people from the Caribbean to the UK.

I have only visited the island once, which was when I was around two years old so I have no memories of visiting the island. But I am planning to visit some of the family that we still have there sometime soon.

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Future Shoot Plan

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In order to develop my studies on political landscape further I will be planning a few more shoots to do over the next couple of months.  These shoots will intend to add to my existing work as well as looking further into the subjects that I have been exploring, such as personal memories through my family.

  • The first shoot that I plan to do is of my family on Christmas day – this shoot will consist of environmental portraits in both documentary style and tableux style (mostly documentary) and is intended to develop on the past shoot I have done on my family but will differ from the previous shoot as it will represent memories made within the household as Christmas is considered a time for family and memories.
  • The second shoot that I plan to do will be to create a photograph to insert into my photobook that will be slightly different from the rest.  The intention of this is to almost confuse the viewer and break up the book into sections slightly to keep the viewer intrigued.  I plan on taking this ‘odd’ photograph by making a shoot of a bonfire and editing it in an almost abstract fashion to make the photograph Image result for fire abstractmore interesting.  The idea of the shoot of fire comes from the destruction and waste that has come from the development of my house.