Mind Map

I created a new mind map shown above. I mentioned points about friends, community identity and family. I highlighted family as I believe that is the route I would like to go down for my personal project.

Statement Of Intent

What do you want to explore?

I want to explore the idea of identity being a combination of your personality and the history of your family that came before you. I want to go into the idea of influence from different places/ people and how it defines who you are. I want to look into my personal family history and who I actually am as I think bringing myself closer with my history will give me a better understanding of the person that I am.

Why it matters to me?

This matters to me because I love history generally so looking into my family history is of great interest to me so that I can find out what kind of lives my close and distant relatives lived. It would be interesting to find out what parts of the world they come from and the struggles they may have experienced and overcome.

How do you wish to develop your project?

I want to use some of my favourite photography techniques with my project including photomontage, black and white photography, candid/ portrait and landscape photography. I will also make the photos vintage looking so they fit with the idea of family history and look as if my photo-book is an old family photo journal.

Two photographers I want to look at are Daniella Zalcman and Patrick Zachmann. They both look at the idea of family identity in two different ways but their methods are both unique.

When and where you intend to begin your study?

I intend to start my project by speaking to my Grandmother who in the past has looked into our family history. I want to take photos of some of the documents/ old photos she has and try and recreate them or photomontage them.