To conclude, this project has overall been successful in terms of recording and capturing the concepts which I brought into the project, focusing on self identity. Given the titles ‘Occupation Vs Liberation’ I had a large range of work I could explore, however I found the idea that suited best was the liberation of personal identity and the occupation of your own thoughts. Initially I wanted to focus on the destruction of self portraits that would reflect a physical emotion towards these pictures, but through experimentation and photoshoots I created images that reflected an identity. Through my responses to Francesca Woodman and Edward Honaker I was able to combine both response imagery together in which they completed each other and formed a narrative. The narrative being the unwanted identity I was given and how I view myself within those images. Within my final zines I utilised self portraits both archival and new so that it was reflected even as I grew, the sense of unease was consistent.
Overall, with the four photoshoots I conducted I was able to produce work that reflected a personal touches such as, if the image wasn’t physically manipulated it had it’s own individual characteristics due to the use of film photography. Taking my inspiration from Francesca Woodman meant creating authentic film self-portraits, however to make it my own I used coloured film because you can see imperfections and light leaks. To enhance my images, on the opposing page where the image was I wrote poems for each individual image in a such a way I was translating miscellaneous thoughts into poetry.
For my final pieces, I am very proud in how I managed to construct 2 photographic zines, a storage box for them and a mobile for my mounted and hung images. I wanted everything to be done by hand because it was a project about myself and I don’t think something made by a machine would convey the right message.
