I chose loss of identity for this project as I thought that it would be the best choice in terms of creativity and best fit my initial ideas on identity.

For my idea I was inspired by a range of artists which I wanted to join their ideas and create my own idea on identity.

Carole Benitah

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Here I really liked the ideas of memories from her childhood; these images clearly have sentimental value to this photographer and it shows the fact that she wants to bring that memory back to life as maybe she has suffered a loss between the time that the photo was taken and now. I also like the idea of here changing the images and adding the red and black thread to the images as it makes the images stand out and changes them.

Susannah Benjamin

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This photographer explores the ideas of an identity crisis and no longer able to identify themselves, I really like the repetition of the women’s photograph as it makes the audience question who is the real person before quickly realising it. I also really like the idea of the person burning the a picture of herself as its striking and it makes the audience question why this might be happening and what her thought processes are.

My Idea:

I decided that I wanted to combine these two images of these photographers and create my own idea. I want to get a couple of models to find a photograph which holds a memory for them, good or bad, here I will then create a copy of that image then burn it, here they will hold the burnt image to show the two worlds that that person is living in or has lived in. The past; which holds there chosen memory and the present; their true emotions towards that photo in the perspective of what they now know about life and their situation.

I thought that it would be a good idea as the audience could interpret my sets of images in different ways such as a memory that they want to go back to, a memory that they are slowly forgetting about due to age and or time passing, or even a memory which they want to get rid of.