Before starting the development of my book I decided that I should analyse an image from each of the categories to present how I intend to make it reflect the process of consumerism and its source, product and waste. This would allow me to come to a better understanding of how I should compose books layout, whilst giving me ideas on how I could go about looking at the sections within the book. Here are my chosen images on analysis:
Source:
This image reflects the source of consumerism, done through the presentation of a quarry I intend to present the viewer of the devastation caused by industrialization and its effects on the scarring of the surrounding landscape. The photo of the machinery present in the quarry to me creates an insight into the generally unseen process behind the creation of our products and its impact on our environment. Accompanied with this I will be using a variety of different images based around the quarry to compliment it and provide a broader perspective regarding the landscape used for its materials. When putting this into the book I will be making sure that the other images used consist of the same coloured imagery and representation, something I would like to do as it would set a theme throughout the section using a generalized presentation of area transformation.
Product: The second stage of consumerism I photographed is the outcome of the industrialization, the product. Here I went into shops to explore how there was a huge change in presentation from the originally messy portrayal of the quarries, to a now more organized and aesthetic presentation of aisles of food on shelves. I put this as the second section to purposely contrast the previous topic, whilst making the viewer think of the completely different atmosphere used by companies to promote and hide the origins of products sources. When implementing the food images into the book I will be making sure there is a cold theme of organization, using colder colours compared to the warm browns and reds of the source, this hopefully will be impacting the viewer opinion regarding how we now see the process of out consumerism that consists of unseen impacts made by these global companies in order to sell their product.
Waste:
This is the final representation and outcome of consumerism, the waste. Here I photographed the piles of rubbish careless thrown away after their initial uses had been completed, left to be transported or recycled in various other locations. When taking the images here I made sure to capture the sheer mass of the rubbish in such as small area, presenting it as a jumble or unorganized mess that grows more and more by the day. Finally when I implement them into my book I will be making sure to include images that portray the same viewpoint I possess regarding the use of the landscape, in which I will be using imagery taken of landfill and the piles of dirt created from them, all the while looking at how they as a result permanently scar our environment.