For my Personal investigation I am going to look at both Occupation Vs liberation, I am going to do this by focusing on my past experience of being liberated, but also, having a look at how my granddad during the second world war was taken from a place he knew to an unknown place. I have decided to focus on this topic because I want to give a wider meaning into how it feels to be moved and to not know where you are, when you are still a child.

Then I am going to use a mixture of self portraits of myself, and archival images of when I was younger, I am also going to use images of my grandad when he was younger, by doing this I will be able to explain what happened. I am going to use text in my photo book to explain each story in detail and the memories .

These two stories are very similar in how the correspond to each other from the way that both me and my grandad shared similar experiences when we were younger.

Eva Nielsen

Robert Hackman – Metamorphosis

Andreas Gursky

Mood Board:

Narrative:

For this zine, I wanted to portray the relations towards the people and objects. I wanted to show how the objects could’ve been used and who could’ve been using them. To show this I paired images of people from archival sources (Société Jersiaise and the Jersey Archives) and images I took of WW2 objects. I wanted to show the occupation and liberation of the people of Jersey through the relationship of the people and objects, and I wanted to pair the images together such as an old radio with a archival image of German soldiers using a radio. I will show this narrative and context with the layout of my zine, also I will show the narrative between the person and object with my layout design.

Sequencing:

For this zine, I want to match the colours of the background of my WW2 object images with the back and front page of my zine. I also want to keep the theme of my zine quite simple as I want the images to stand out and have an impact on the person viewing my zine. One section of my zine will be the black and white images from the Jersey Archives mixed with the black and white images of the WW2 objects and the other section with be the photos of the WW2 objects with the coloured background. I want the title of the zine to be translated into German to link with the German occupation. I want to coordinate the colours with the images to create an aesthetic for my zine.

Mood Board:

Mind Map:

For personal study I want to show the pejorative and ameliorative sides of a romantic relationship. I am going to investigate what a ‘healthy relationship’ and a ‘unhealthy relationship’ is as I want to show the contrast of the two. The key photographers I initially researched were, Larry Sultan, David Kirscher, Nan Goldin, Lin Zhipeng and Yael Malka.

Lin Zhipeng

https://www.m97gallery.com/lin-zhipeng-223

www.linzhipeng223.com › info › biography

Dorothée Smith

http://www.femininemoments.dk/blog/loyly-a-new-photography-book-by-dorothee-smith/

David Kirscher

https://www.c-heads.com › 2018/09/01 › love-is-what-we-are-here-for

https://www.arismoskov.com/index.php/event-experience/310-david-kirscher

https://beloved-stories.com/david-kirscher-exploring-intimacy-through-photography/?fbclid=IwAR2LoYfRQmJJskTWK5AG_JS9A_-aqKixJt6TT_489jcDEoPHv1FTK45zUhA

Bibliography;

Howgate, S. (2017) Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun; Behind the mask, another mask. London; Natural Portrait Gallery.

Critic Sarah Howgate said; ‘Self Portrait (against granite wall) (1916, cat.14) is one of the first examples of Cahun’s transformation into gender-neutral figure.’ (Howgate 2017:23)

PICTORIALISM

Time period : From 1880s-1920s

Key characteristics/ conventions : In 1839, photography was first created in order to objectively present subjects scientifically.Photography was not considered as art until pictorialism was presented. Photography was considered too easy to be considered a form of art.

Photographers from the pictorialism era wanted to make photographs look like paintings and drawings to be like the art world, which juxtaposes original purpose for photographs. Male photographers emphasised erotic aspects of the female subjects. Women were made to look weak and sensual.

Artists associated: Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936), The Vienna Camera Club (Austria), The Brotherhood of the Linked Ring (London), Photo-Secession (New York)

Key works:

Methods/ techniques/ processes: makes photographs look like paintings, experimented with chemicals in the dark room, placed Vaseline on lens.

REALISM / STRAIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY

Time period: Mid-19th century, first appearance was in 1826

Key characteristics/ conventions : Creating photographs which retaliate with pictorialism, and shows real life. Moving away from trying to make photographs look like paintings and focusing on detail, shapes and images. Realism captures real life society and brings up issues of society.

Realism was made with intent to impact and change the lives of the subject. This then influenced the movement of photo journalism and documentary photography among the genre.

Artists associated: Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, Walker Evans, Social Reform Photography

Key works:

Methods/ techniques/ processes:

Using photography as its original purpose, to capture things in focused sand clearly.

Capturing society and the world.

Bibliography

Bright S and Van Erp H (2019)- Photography Decoded. London: Octopus Publishing House, Quotes.

Bright and Van Erp 2019:18- “ The process of manipulation starts as soon as we frame a person, a landscape, an object or a scene with our cameras.”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:17- “From Daguerre’s age to ours, photography has undergone a transformation, not only technologically but conceptually.”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:17- ” If manipulation is the first thing someone thinks of in connection to photography, what does that say about the value of photography as a reflection of reality?”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:20- “Does a photograph need a camera in order to be defined as one?”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:18- “Documentary and news imagery may seem the most realistic genres in photography, but their realism means nothing independently of how news media apply their ethical codes.”

Bright and Van Erp 2019:19- “What are the differences between reality, witness and point of view?”

Key concepts

Dance: Concepts and main focus based on the individuals dancing, experiences, genre and how dance makes them feel, look in depth at the deeper meaning of dancing- what it represents and portrays overall throughout there dance career and significant events that may have happened in their dancing career that have had an impact

History of dance: Starting from the beginning of each dancers history through to their current dance career and how it has built them as a person, significant times of their lives/events

Story telling: Narrative aspect, whats that individuals story, how did they get to where they are, whats their personal life like, who are significant figures in their lives, when did they start dancing, why did they start dancing

Essay question ideas:

• Can personality and identity be expressed in a portrait?

• Is it possible for photography to capture moments in time objectively and truthfully?

• Can photography truly capture the essence of a moment, ultimately questioning why we take photographs?

• How does Gjon Mili reflect dance movement and the significance of the emotions being portrayed through his photography?

• How does Alexander Yakovlev shows passion and a story through dance photography

• Essay question:
• Opening quote
• Introduction (250-500 words): What is your area study? Which artists will you be analyzing and why? How will you be responding to their work and essay question?
• Pg 1 (500 words): Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to your area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian. Link to power-points about isms and movements  – M:\Departments\Photography\Students\Resources\Personal Study
• Pg 2 (500 words): Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
• Pg 3 (500 words): Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to your essay question. Present and evaluate your own images and responses.
• Conclusion (250-500 words): Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of your own work that you have produced
• Bibliography: List all relevant sources used