For my final Images I have edited four photographs from each photo-shoot and edited them to resemble Carolle Benitah’s work. Here I am looking at the theme of geographical identity by using photographs of my friends who’s families originated from all over the UK then moved to Jersey. I did this as I wanted to show how our small island is capable of occupying a mass amount of identities that have been shaped and influenced by different types of cultures and economic environments. In addition, I also wanted to signify the way in which Jersey has unified so many people from these drastically changing backgrounds. With this aim in mind, I have used Benitah’s style of edited and cut out the subjects of the photographs and replaced them with map images, edited into a sepia tone, containing the places their families were originally from.

This image displays two of my friends with St. Ouen as the background setting representing the geographical identity of Jersey. The subject on the left, Robyn, has family that before moving to Jersey lived in Coventry, which is displayed within the map replacing her silhouette. Macy, the subject on the left, has family originally from areas in and around York, also presented in the map of her cut out.

This image of my friend India, within the rural setting of St. Ouen, showcases her geographical identity by displaying a map of Birmingham and its outskirts. This is as this was the place in which some of her family lived in before Jersey.

This Image with the background of an unruly tree located in St. Ouen, displays again my friend Robyn as the subject with the area of Coventry as her geographical identity. I believe this setting worked well to display my take on identity as we often refer to our backgrounds as our ‘roots’ and I believe that the roads within the maps best represent this, in both the literal and metaphorical sense.

This image displays three of my friends with St. Ouen as the background setting, showing Jersey’s rural side. On the left again is my friend Macy with a map of the areas surrounding York to showcase her heritage. The subject in the center is my friend Bella with North wales signifying her background.