So far in my personal study I have learned that political landscapes can mean many things, when we initially started thinking about  this title my ideas were drifting towards environmental issues such as pollution of the sea and coastline. I wanted to collect and photograph plastic and debris which washes up on the shores of the island and photograph it in a still life assembled style. I also had the idea to follow one person through their daily activities and capture any moment where they did something which effected the environment negatively. I looked at the work of Mark Power from the Guernsey Photography Festival and liked the style of his images taken using a ring flash, I found the photos no matter how mundane the subjects all corresponded and created their own meaning.However I felt that these viewpoints of the theme were very obvious and straightforward, leading me to explore a new path and ways of taking the title of political landscapes. I had a look through a range of photo books to help me think of new ideas which could link to the title I have been given. One that stood out to me was ‘Where Mimosa Bloom’ by Rita Puig-Serra Costa in this book she explores her family history through a mixture of  archival photos, texts, still life, landscapes and portraits which all work together simultaneously to give us a visual understanding of her story.  I thought of developing my own project on one of my family members, my late grandpa came to mind, he was a teacher and poet who often had strong political views on various subjects.