Photoshoot 1

Photoshoot 2

Photoshoot 3

1. Write a book specification and describe in detail what your book will be about in terms of narrative, concept and design with reference to the same elements of bookmaking as above.

Narrative: What is your story?

Describe in:3 words

Corona Virus Pandemic

A sentence

i will be photographing 2 weeks of isolation due to being tested positive for COVID 19

A paragraph

My photo book will have a series of photographs on how being tested positive has affected the life of a family. Having to self isolate for 2 weeks has affected them physically and mentally so therefore, i will try a capture photographs of their emotions, reactions and activities that they did through out the 2 weeks.

Design: Consider the following

• How you want your book to look and feel -my photobook will be a hard cover, with a smooth feel to it.
• Paper and ink – the paper will be a ‘classic’ due to its Smooth semi-matte finish and High brightness, excellent colour reproduction.
• Format, size and orientation
• Binding and cover
• Title – locked up ore isolation
• Structure and architecture
• Design and layout – i will have single and double pages photographs
• Editing and sequencing – all photographs will be in black and white (monochrome) showing life during isolation

1. Research a photo-book and describe the story it is communicating  with reference to subject-matter, genre and approach to image-making.

Matthew jean has taken a series of photographs of his mother doing her daily activities/tasks. this includes images of her cleaning, smoking and relaxing. Jean, to document her everyday life through a series of portraits taken in her home in Leeds. This book is a non fiction book as its about Matthew Finns childhood.

2. Who is the photographer? Why did he/she make it? (intentions/ reasons) Who is it for? (audience) How was it received? (any press, reviews, awards, legacy etc.)

Matthew Jean

“For over thirty years, I took photographs of my mum. I don’t remember the circumstances in which most of them were taken, although they were all in her home in Leeds. I never set out to create an archive of carefully ordered material. It began from a need to create stability and, over the years, it became a ritual that I could not abandon.

My father never lived with us and many times he would make promises that he never kept. My mother would wait to be picked up for a night out with him. I can remember her standing there dressed in her fawn, mohair coat, and he wouldn’t turn up. Eventually, she would retreat upstairs to take off her make up and going-out clothes and then return to the TV. This seemed to happen a lot”

3. Deconstruct the narrative, concept and design of the book and apply theory above when considering:

• the photo book has a smooth texture to it
• the same paper is used throughout the whole book in black and white . (mono chrome)
• the book is in A4 with a mixture of portraits and landscapes throughout

For over thirty years, I took photographs of my mum. I don’t remember the circumstances in which most of them were taken, although they were all in her home in Leeds. I never set out to create an archive of carefully ordered material. It began from a need to create stability and, over the years, it became a ritual that I could not abandon.

My father never lived with us and many times he would make promises that he never kept. My mother would wait to be picked up for a night out with him. I can remember her standing there dressed in her fawn, mohair coat, and he wouldn’t turn up. Eventually, she would retreat upstairs to take off her make up and going-out clothes and then return to the TV. This seemed to happen a lot.

• the story is told with photographs and text telling the audience the meaning behind the book
• the photo book consists single and double page spread photographs.
• the photographs are all edited in black and white making the final outcome dark which suggests that the mood the photographer is trying to show is upsetting and negative
• all the photographs are linked to the writing as it helps us as the viewers understand the story behind it

• university of south wales
• inspirations; Claude Cahun , Duane Michals, casa Susanna, Adi
• politics local and global
• a level work was based o feminism
• ‘trying to not to manage relationship between opposites; its simply flowing between them’

• projects
• by your side (2018)
• cat and the mice (2018)
• not the way the river flows
• abort mission ( first university project)

• research work development
• videos
• films
• podcasts
• family history influences her work
• reading
• research
• likes forming things in colour