3 Words:

Aftermath Of War.

Sentence:

The impact of the 2nd World War and the occupation the island of Jersey.

Paragraph:

How was jersey impacted by the occupation in 1940 as well as the lasting effects of the Germans occupying the island. I Want my ‘zine to show the aftermath of the events that took place between 1940-45 using both contrasting images and as well as similar images to show the different effects of the occupation.

I wanted to start off by showing a more human and personal side to the occupation, hence why I started off with both the old rusted helmets and sculpture of a soldier, as it shows the decay from what once was a pristine shiny helmet, into a rusted lump of metal. I also like that the image has a photo of a family underneath the sculpture, which only adds to creation of the soldier character that my zine follows.

Next I wanted to show some of the sights that a soldier would see, such as the stairs in a bunker as well as using a photo with multiple layers, having a prominent background and a shallow focus in order to create a realistic view of what a person would actually see.

My next 2 pages use light to connect them together(Note: images 5 & 6 have to be swapped around to create desired effect) as well as being fairly close up and focusing on smaller subjects in comparison to the previous images. I found that both of these images have light coming from fairly similar angles, which can be linked together by putting image 6 on the left page, and image 5 on the right, making it seem as if they are being lit from the same source.

The next 2 images carry on the theme of the smaller items that a German soldier would pass by when navigating the bunkers. I also decided to put these images together as they both feature symbols of the German occupation, with one quite clearly a symbol of the Nazis, and the other a German word for scriptorium; which is a room set apart for writing and where manuscripts were copied. I like this contrast from something so extreme to something so simple and calm.

My next 2 images are linked through colour, showing the open greenery of the island, which is then contrasted by the harsh concrete of the bunkers, but still keeping a part of jerseys beauty in the form of a single plant sprouting from the base.

This is followed by 2 images that focus on the idea of tunnel vision with one using multiple exposures to show how disorientating it must be to be under attack, or even just the though of a possible attack happening. I intended for the other image to seem like a machine gun placement aiming at the lookout tower, to add to the theme of paranoia and disorientation.

After these pictures, I wanted to show the exterior and then interior to the lookout post and i specifically took the picture of the tower through another bunker in order to highlight the floor that the writing was found on. The images are also linked as they both feature themes of building and destruction, with one being a repair of the interior, and the other having significant damage around the bunker.

My final set of images show what could have happened to the soldier that we have been following the whole time, and how he could have been wounded and sent to a first aid post, put on a list of patients, or even a list of those who died. For the front and rear covers i will be using the last image to wrap around the front and back of the zine, with the tower on the front cover and most likely a title next to it on the left, and then have the back of the zine be taken up by the ocean of in the photo.