This is how they ended up and how I displayed them.
Analysis of images
First 3 – these images are inspired by Katies joy crawford and her use of double exposure. the images give a sense of confusion and uncertainty and show the distress someone goes through while dealing with anxiety and depression. the images are lacking colour but not black and white so it gives a sense of dullness and emotionlessness. i the lighting is dim but still bright enough to be able to capture any visible facial expression. the mounting bring in rule of thirds with the leadings lines in the top image brining your eyeline down the piece. i used soft lighting to enhance the lack colour. These link to journeys and pathways as it is my experience of my journeys through various mental health struggles. I found it a good way to express my feelings. Rather than a physical journey, it is a mental journey of struggle.
Second 3 – the images are inspired by Bill Volia’s still image of his film ‘birth life death. the framing is to resemble old film to bring in that resemblance to the video. the images are in black and white to give a moody look and to also bring out the shadows of the lines in the hands to distinguish between the others. and also give a dated look. i keep everything in focus but keep my subject in the centre. the textures of the hand accentuates the age which is what these series of images is focused. natural lighting. kept depth of field of the hands small so it seems dreamy. It links to journeys and pathways as the hands shows different generations and the different stages of life, starting with a young child, and progressing to adult/parent, then to elderly/grandparent. The child is alone in these images as it is meant to be she is the only one in her family left with other members sadly passing on. I wanted to keep the chairs empty and keep them in view to capture this emptiness. This is rather an existential view on the journey through life, and again, rather than being a physical journey, it is a metaphorical one.
Third 2 – these images are also inspired by katie joy crawford, mainly her birdcage photo which i modelled the ‘box head’ and ‘clouded head’ directly after. i placed the clouded one at the top so its like head in the clouds which is what is feels like to deal with depression; a sense of disconnection. i used a black background to contrast the whites in the photograph. the textured cloud against the smooth background also shows the disjointed feeling depression gives you.the box is to represent how trapped you can feel inside your own mind dealing with these issues. i used harsh studio lighting to resemble the harshness of these thoughts. Again, this is represent my view on a journey through mental health and links to journeys and pathways through the idea of mental health journeys.
Final 2 – links to journeys and pathways as it is also embodying the ideas of mental health journey as well as a physical journey (walking along a path). She is stepping between the cracks as it links with the obsessive nature of OCD and also the childish superstition that stepping on cracks is bad luck. The blue boxes I edited in enhances the space she is stepping between and shows how he mind when in this place of mental state actually views this simple pathway.
