TECHNICAL: The image was taken in black and white, The writing and the logo is the main focus of the image which is centered on the right of the image, these are in bold, which then creates the audiences attention.
VISUAL: In the image you can see Francis foots, Wife and child, but also importantly you can see into Pitt street, and the families shop, where they sold records. You can also see in the shop the different types of items they sold in their shops. I get a feeling that this picture is a celebratory of what the family has achieved.
CONTEXTUAL/CONCEPTUAL: This image was taken in 1900s, by Francis foot showing the iconic sign, along with his wife and their child. The iconic sign was put on side of the building because it showed the families business, the sign soon became known as the HMV Sign. The foots family was the first gramophone and record sales. I know that recently the logo has been restored and the store fronts have been decorated. The logo was put on the side of the buildings on Pitt Street and Dumaresq Street
Jersey Archives was established in 1993 part of Jersey Heritage, to hold Jersey historical documentation, some of the records they stored were State, Church, Clubs and Associations, Wildlife, Business, general, Police records. Some of the earliest records are from 1378, meaning that they are over 641 years old.
They also held records about what happened in The Second World War for example there is letters written by the bailiff of Jersey about the demilitarization of Jersey during the Second World War, they also have the terms of surrender from the 1st of July 1940. They also store occupation cards which every islander had to have above the age of 14. they also hold stories about the liberation of the island and also where some of the Germans stayed when they were in Jersey, Also they have Red Cross Letters however theses took up to a year to be delivered
The Jersey War Tunnels also known as Hohlgangsanlage 8, or the German Underground Hospital, was a partially completed underground hospital, built during the German occupation, which was built by forced and slave workers. There is over 1 Km of Tunnels, and now these tunnels are preserved, and is a memorial to the slave workers who lost their lives building this.
Ho8 was intended to be a vast network of underground tunnels that would allow the German occupying infantry to withstand Allied air raids and bombardment (in preparation for an invasion).
The tunnels were then opened in 1946 by the states of jersey, however in 1961 it was ruled that the tunnels was owned by the land above it, therefore fell to private ownership. the complex was restored and made into a museum with collections of occupation memorabilia.
My Images:
Here You can see that i have chosen the images that I thought came out of good from the ones which came out blurry. Final 22 images I have then selected The images with a 4 star rating which includes 12 photos
Editing Selected Photos:
For the first image I have decided to see if it looks better in black and white, I have decided to go for black and white.I have edited the temperature and tint of the black and white.I have changed the exposure and the clarity, I have decreased the shadows and increased the highlights to try and remove the shadows in the glass.Final Image – Mini Beach Scene – Flag, Sandcastle
Edit 2:
I edited the exposure and highlights within the image to brighten the light, but also decrease the shadows to create the image more vibrantI have edited the Sharpening of the image therefore increasing the detail within the image, I have also increased the vibrant of the image to make the colour within brighter.Final Image- Unfinished Tunnel
Was 6 when the occupation started, lived on the north coast therefore saw the French coast and heard the bombing in France.
Some people believed that the government had sold the Channel Islands to the Germans.
The people had to put up white sheets and blankets to show the Germans that they could enter.
Mother and neighbour come over Joan and said to go over where it was more protected, e.g. the bushes, they heard bombing, they soon heard that some people where killed by Victoria avenue.
Les platons was the highest point in jersey, was useful for the German, they could shoot France from that point.
All people had to have a ration book, they lent theirs to somebody but never gave it back, people tried to get more of everything, e.g. 5grams for her father and mother as she registered at the farm across the road.
The Germans introduced a curfew for people who lived in the military zone therefore you must be back in your houses by 9pm in the winter and 10pm in summer and you couldn’t leave before 6 in the morning.
The island then had to introduce blackouts, as they weren’t allowed any lights, one night when they wanted to see the stars, they had to remove the blackouts from their windows, it was a Scarlett effect.
Because the food rations were tight the word Substitute became a word during the war, parsnip was cooked until brown, and they had to cut them down, and pour boiling water on it, they called it substitute coffee/tea.
German changed the currency to their own one which was marks and pfennig. And the hop owners would have to weight out and count how much you have, they told you how much it was in your money and then they translated it to the German money therefore it was making it harder for the shop owners.
Owners had restrictions on what they could grow, and the Germans would have to come and check if you were following these orders. People were finding it difficult on their rations.
Families would go and collect the remaining corn left over from the harvests in the august, the woman would wear a sac apron and they would pick it up, they would have to keep this quiet from the Germans or overwise something would happen, if they had corn left over they would take it to the mill where they would mill, the woman would pretend they are pregnant if the Germans would stop that was their excuse. People would create a bag the size of a mattress and that’s how they would hide the corn.
Joans dog Tess was used to pull things around for the family, coal was impossible to get, tar was used rather than coal. Then the Germans started to allow coal type things called nuts which was used to heat stuff e.g. fires, cooker.
If u abided the German rules you would get treated well, 95% of the population did get on well with the Germans, however if you didn’t you wouldn’t get treated well.
Liberation Day:
8th of May, father went to work in town boss told them to go home as the war was over, came home, ¾ of way home passed a distance for cousin’s farm and told him about it. The lorry which was hidden by the cousins was brought back out. All the family went into the town, they saw lots of cars and lorries along Victoria avenue, parked the lorry at people park. Everybody got off except gran who was soaked from the baby.
Original Photos I took:
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Edited Photos:
I have picked the photos I like out of the images I took, Orange=I might use, Green= I will use.I have decided to look at the before and after reference to see what the image looks like in black and white but also colour. I have chosen Black and White. I have edited Tones in the image meaning that i have changed the amount of highlights and shadows within the image to create a sense of creativity. Final Image – Joan Tapley
Second Edit:
have added a gradual filter on the image, this makes the light spread more along the image. I have increased the detail in the image, so it picks out the better areas of the image, I have also change the saturation within the image to get the colours within the image more vibrant.Final Image – Joan TapleyFinal Frame 1- Joan TapleyFinal Frame 2 – Joan Tapley
Third Edit:
I have increased the detail in the image to make not blurry, I have also cropped the image so you are only focusing on the person. have converted the image to Black and White, as it makes the image stand out better than colour.have changed the Tones and the highlights/shadows to change the effect of the image. I changed the highlights to make highlights within the skin light whereas when I changed the shadows amount it increased the darkness in her skin.Final Image – Joan Tapley
Kern is the German word for “The heart, or the core or something”.
Kernwerk is the battle headquarters, located in the centre of the island, meaning that it was far away from the coast, and is spread over 21 acres of farm land which includes 3 staff commandants posts.
These bunkers were disguised as houses with a fake painted windows and shutters they also had dummy chimneys.
The kernwerk was constructed by the organisation “toat”, which employed various foreign volunteers which included force and slave workers.
Information PlaqueThis is the front of the Bunker. I have edited the exposure and contrast to make the sky less brighter and to decrease the shadows. Final Image 1 Front of Kernwerk
Edit 3:
have edited the contrast and the exposure of the image to
Bob Le Sueur 19 when the Germans arrived and 24 when the Germans left
This is an Portrait of Bob Le Sueur when he was 24. This was drawn by the Russian slave worker who was looked after by Feodor Burriy
Incident German Arrived 1940:
Morning July 1st – air on the 28th June – lot of damage people killed, lived west of St helier, woken up by German planes- German bomber planes, Two parachutes with cylinders (contained messages for the commander of chief- saying that the island would be demilitarised as they are not of military value).
The messages were sent to the bailiff – they had a day to surrender or overwise they would carpet bomb the island- people in England said they cant defend the island however they said to stay by their post and try to defend as possible for the population.
Germans didn’t invade French borders, but Hitler did decide to invade without warning into Dutch borders and into Luxemburg, people were woken up at 6am.
100, 000 population totalled the 2 islands at the time of German occupation.
The atmosphere in jersey at the beginning of the German occupation was that it was very tense, but it was broken by captain bennay was in command, pigeon went over head and was sick over him and his pork pie hat – people started to laugh and giggle. The captain was angry and stormed off.
When this was all over there was going to make an official announced by the bailiffs.
Story two:
Number 7 – two floors up apartments – family homes
2 young men shared a flat – they sheltered an escaped Russian prisoner, Hitler intended to not occupy the whole of British Isles if Germans did win as could do so.
Jersey was more fortified than anywhere else that the Nazis were occupied.
Spanish abled men were sent to jersey by the Nazis to build the fortifications, but they were many forced workers sent here, theses weren’t paid except the Spanish men.
2 15-year-old boys were sent to jersey after being stopped by the Germans when walking home (Ukrainian).
A Russian was housed by two people who shared their rations with the Russian got an illegal registration card.
September 1944 – gas supply was stopped meaning that people had to cook on an open fire, meaning that the young people put on party. Russian got hold of the calvados before the party and was bellowing out a song and dancing, German soldiers walking below singing, however they didn’t do anything.
Liberation Day:
April 20thBerlin fell
January 1945 – electricity supply cut off – at this point people were starving.
Jersey Evening post was still going only on sheet of paper one side was local news, and the other side was the German news
The armistice was being negotiated and was announced on May 9th
Pictures Taken:
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Edited Versions of Photos:
First Step in Lightroom Selected Photos Second Step In lightroom, selected photos again for the ones im going to edit3rd step: Selected Photo- I have cropped to how I want it to look like.4th step: I have converted the image into black and white and changed the shadows and highlights in the image.
Final Image – Bob Le Sueur
Second Edit:
I have decided to compare the images in black and white/Colour to help me decide whether or not to convert the image.I decided to go with black and white I have edited the tone in the image and the effects in the image for examples I have changed the highlight amount to +19 whereas it was set at zero, changing this has created a slight oval shape to the image around the edges.Final Image 2 – Bob Le Sueur
Third Edit:
1st Step: I have decided to crop the image so you can only see his head and shoulders. 2nd Step: I have put a gradual light effect on which spreads the highlights across his face. 3rd Step: Converted the image to black and white.
I have Put an overlay on the image.
I have dissolved the frame more, I like this on the image as it has created the image to be darker and the edges of the image are much lighter than before.I have decided to go with this frame colour as it goes with image without changing the actual image.Final Image – Bob Le Sueur
Fourth Edit:
1st step: I have cropped the image, creating less space around the person.2nd step: I have edited the highlights and shadows by increasing or decreasing what I needed.Final Image – Bob Le Sueur. I have decided not to edit this image any further as I dont want to over edit therefore making the image look not real.
TECHNICAL: the front of the image is in focus however the back of the image is slightly blurred and out of focus meaning that the reef is only supposed to catch our attention.
VISUAL: In the image you can see a man holding a reef which bears the colours of red and white and green, in the background you can see an elderly person wrapped in a checked blanket bearing the same colours as the reef.
CONTEXTUAL: This image is taken back in 2013, for the Liberation day in Jersey, where they celebrated 69 years since being liberated from the germans/nazis. The laying of reefs are an important part in the ceremony.
CONCEPTUAL: The choice of colours in the image could be seen as significant because the flag of jersey consists of red and white therefore having the same colours are being used helps remember ordeal.
Francis Foot was born in 1885, he soon started his trade a gas fitter, however became fascinated by photography and early Phonographs and gramophone where re realised that he could make a living from. Soon after this his family to over a shop in Pitt Street where he was based as a photographer and his mum and dad sold gramophones and record at their other shop in dumaresq Street. After his dad died, he took over that part of the business.
His family had prospered the HMV Franchise in Jersey and the famous HMV painting by Francis Barraud. Some of Francis Foots photos where made into postcards, however most of the pictures were of portraits of his family
“Francis Foot – Theislandwiki.” Theislandwiki.Org, The Island Wiki, 2012, www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Francis_Foot. Accessed 6 Sept. 2019.
Martin Parr is a British photographer born in 1952, and his profession is a curator and editor. Parr started as a professional photographer and taught it from the mid 1970s, where he was most recognised for his black and white photos in the north west of England. Parr’s technique is supposed to leave the views with a sense of ambiguous emotional reactions therefore leaving them unsure about crying or laughing.
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