For my first photo-shoot, I will be taking inspiration directly from photographer Bill Voila, and will be editing together a series of 3 photographs to present the journey an individual experiences from birth until after death, essentially condensing a whole life experience into 3 pivotal moments, including childhood, a main life event, and the changes that occur due to the death of an individual.

I will be using 3 different photo-shoots in 1 in order to produce the 3 different styles of images, that I will then merge together in order to form the layout for the final images.

The above image is a montage of image I found online (NOT my own images) in order to represent the layout that will be used in my own work. From left to right, the images will display a journey from childhood to adulthood, where a single event that represents the life work of the individual will be represented in the middle image. In contrast, the final image will be a representation of the death of the individual, with the way they are remembered/ have influenced the community presented as an example of how the journey through life doesn’t necessarily come to an abrupt end at death.

Examples of what I will use to represent the middle event of the subjects life include:

• Securing a career/job
• Achieving a life long goal
• Illness or disease
• Family crisis
• Personal crisis
• Loss (of family/job/house e.t.c)
• Random event changes the direction of an individuals life

Examples of what I will use to represent the first event of the subjects life include:

• Childhood/archival photos
• Images of children playing
• Life before the large event (showing contrast)

Examples of what I will use to represent the last event of the subjects life include:

• What the world is like after the death of the subject
• A representation of the reason behind the death of the subject
• A scene showing the contrast between the beginning of life and what it looks like towards the end