EVALUATION

For Political Landscapes I struggled to reach a final idea for final pieces and a project. My initial ideas were leaning towards the meat industry and its effects on the landscape and the climate, but I had limited resources to produce photographs, so I started to explore other ideas. I then moved onto studying feminism and the role women have played in art throughout history as artists and subjects. This lead me to explore influential female artists that emerged around the beginning of new technology and consequently new art – video art. I then explored Yoko Ono and Marina Abramovic, radical female artists. However, their intentions weren’t always in favour for the feminist movement but more for the sake of art. I then started to look at more contemporary artists like Izumi Miyazaki and Iiu Susiraja. I realised that the use of art for political messages was more common today than it was in past, with almost every current female artists creating art for themselves as women and for other inspiring other females around the world. This lead me to think of the idea of creating art for individual females and making my concepts behind my photographs more personal rather than for a larger cause or movement. I think the simplicity of producing photos that reflect an individual is powerful, as the population on our planet rises and the need for individuality increases. -I think I succeeded in my intentions as my essay explains the context behind my book, and the book itself creates a visual display of two strangers, communicating to the audience who they are without the use if words and all through photos.