Statement of Intent

For this project, I want to focus on the theme of identity, and display my identity in a deeper sense. I want to show how my life has changed based on events that have happened in my life so far and how they have shaped me into who I am today. I also want to show how my family have influenced me throughout my life, and how different parts of my personality are shaped from them. This idea is important to me because it explains how events in my life have affected me and is more personal than other work I have made before. I think presenting my life through photos also leaves an aspect of ambiguity to anyone else, as the photos without context allow for alternate viewpoints of meaning. I want to develop this project into a photobook, as I didn’t find making films as interesting as making a physical piece. I feel like making a photobook would be more interesting because I can alter the images as well as the physical pages, which adds another level of personalisation. I may begin my study by looking through family albums to get more of a sense of my life when I was younger, and especially the times that I don’t remember. As I have lived in the same house surrounded by my family all my life, I could take my images in my house or my neighbourhood, as it is a big part of my life. I enjoyed making one of my final projects in year 12, influenced by the artist Carolle Benitah, so I may do something similar for this project. Since my family has a very interesting and extended heritage, I want to include aspects of this too. I may write about Lillie Langtry, who’s maiden name was Lillie Le Breton, or Fletcher Christian who was a mutineer on the HMS Bounty and a relative on my grandmothers side of the family. I want to do more research on these figures and maybe work out direct relations and asking older relatives in my family about these topics.