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Read the essay and comment on its overall written and interpretative quality as well as its use of critical, contextual and historical references, eg.
Does the essay address its hypothesis?
Essay addresses its hypothesis to its full extent. Refers back to the hypothesis throughout the work.
Does it provide new knowledge and understanding?
Book filled with knowledge and written in a way which creates new understanding very easily and well.
Is the essay well structured with a sense of an introduction, paragraphs and a conclusion?
The essay is very well structured with a long introduction before starting with writing about the artist mentioned in the hypothesis, before finishing with a conclusion which refers back to the hypothesis creating a good sense of knowledge and understanding.
Use and flow of language, prose, punctuation, spelling.
Very well written language and flow. Very well punctuated and spelt.
Use of specialist vocabulary relating to art and photography.
Very good vocabulary, a lot of specialist words relating to art and photography used throughout the essay.
Analysis of artist’s oeuvre (body of work) and key work(s).
Long and in depth analysis of artists work showcased in the essay.
Evidence of wider reading with reference to art history/ theory, political discourse and/or socio-economical context.
References to history and political discourse used within study.
Use of direct quotes, summary or commentary from others to make an informed and critical argument.
Quotes from artists used in study to create a good and critical argument.
Use of referencing system (eg. Harvard) and a bibliography.
No bibliography.
Use of illustrations with captions listing name of artist, title of work and year of production.
Illustrations included within writing with artist reference, title of work and year of production not included.
JERSEY CROWN DEPENDANCY
The Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown dependency, meaning that it is not part of the UK but is rather a self-governing possession of the British Crown. However, the UK Government is constitutionally responsible for its defence and international representation. There are three island territories within the British Isles that are known as Crown Dependencies, Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey which make up The Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. The Crown Dependencies are not part of the United Kingdom, but are self-governing possessions of the British Crown.
When did Jersey become self governing?
In 1204 King John lost the Battle of Rouen against the French King Philippe-Auguste. The defeat signalled the loss of continental Normandy, united with the English Crown since the invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. The Channel Islands, part of the Duchy of Normandy for more than a hundred years at that point, might have been expected to align themselves with the French King in 1204, but there were persuaded to side with King John instead, leading to the Channel Islands becoming a Crown Dependency.
Among the privileges which the King granted Islanders was the right to be governed by their own laws and he instructed them to select their 12 best men as Jurats who, sitting with the Bailiff, became the Island’s Royal Court. A warden, later to become governor, was appointed by the King to organise the defence of the Island.
Jerseys Constitution
Over a period of time, the Royal Court began to consult with the people through the Constables of the parishes. This consultation with the 3 estates of court and people was eventually formalised into what we now know as the States of Jersey. Significant constitutional changes in 1856 and 1948 saw the introduction of Deputies and Senators into the States and the removal of the Jurats and the rectors. However, the 12 Jurats remain the lay members of the Royal Court and are today chosen by an electoral college comprising members of the court and the States.
The Crown Dependencies have never been colonies of the UK. Nor are they Overseas Territories, like Gibraltar, which have a different relationship with the UK. The constitutional relationship of the Islands with the UK is maintained through the Crown and is not enshrined in a formal constitutional document. The difference between crown dependencies and overseas territories is that, British Crown Dependency means that you are self-governing but the British Crown maintains its possession of you. On the other hand, British Overseas Territory means that you are a British colony that continues to have a constitutional link with the United Kingdom.
Islandness – Mind Map
I have included my first mind map for my project on ‘islandsness’, these are the ideas that first come to mind when thinking about what I want to include in my project. Creating the mind map has helped me to think and plan out what I could do for each idea, it has also allowed me to figure out what will be the best idea for the future project. the mid-map has also helped to pick the ideas that are actually doable and the ones that will be harder to portray through photographs.
Mood board
Idea 1:
My first idea is to photograph the economic divide that we have in Jersey, I would include images of the types of housing showing the upper class, middle class and lower classing. For this idea I would also include environmental portraits and I think that there are a lot of different occupations in Jersey which I most cases show the level of class. I will be able to make binary opposites collages which will create a more interesting final project. This is also a strong way of showing what island life is like for different people.
Idea 2:
For my second idea i would use the theme of identity and wok in how living on a small island disconnects us from other counties and even our families that live in different places. Many people who live in Jersey have moved away from the home counties where their families are, meaning that they are alone here which can sometimes have major effects on these relationships. Living in Jersey can also be claustrophobic as some do not have a connection outside of the island. Similar to my mum and dad when they moved over here they only had friends while their families wee back in England and Ireland, for most people this is where your friends become you family. This is similar to my situation, where I have my ‘Jersey Family’ and then my blood family. For editing I would take inspiration from my identity project as I enjoyed the editing process and found the experimenting in photoshop interesting. Finally, I have chosen some photographers that I might include in my project, Carolle Benitah, Birthe Piontek, Joachim Schmid and Diana Markosian.
past projects review and reflect
Environmental Portraits
My first personal study was portraiture inspired by Arnold Newman, it focused on photographing people in their own environment e.g. bedroom this shoot taught me the importance of good planning as without it, this shoot probably would not have turned out the way I would’ve liked e.g. my main source of light was from the window so planning the correct times was crucial.
Identity
My second personal study was identity, I got inspiration from Annegret Soltau a German visual artist. Although i like the idea of this, i believe the images are quite boring on a computer compared to in real life hen you can see things such as the stitching details.
Anthropocene
These images are inspired by Andreas Frank, while being well thought out, still feel to me as if they are lacking. If i were to do it again i would delete the writing inspired by Barbara Kruger and leave the image to be interpreted by the viewer
My rock
The my rock project turned out very well, i enjoyed creating a zine and learning to use InDesign. For this project, we photographed different rocks and general coast related things in various places around Jersey.
review and reflect
Environmental Portraits
The environmental portraits project was our first photography project we did at Hautlieu. I explored artist such as Jimmy Nelson who would travel to tribal areas and photograph members of the tribe with an interesting landscape in the background.
Identity
For my identity project I didn’t take that many images and have a very limited amount of close up headshots and studio shoots. Personally, this wasn’t one of my favourite projects because I found as if it was not interesting enough and the images didn’t show much detail.
Anthropocene
For my Anthropocene project, I took a much larger range of images from urban and rural sites that involved some sort of man made structures. I really enjoyed this project because of the many options for photo shoots around Jersey.
My Rock
This project was our most recent one. For these images I went to St Ouens bay, Grosnez and La Hocq. I took a lot of images of close-up rocks, rock formations, rock landscapes, and beach landscape. I took around 500 images overall for this project and have many edited images on Lightroom and photoshop.
Jersey -Crown Dependency
A crown dependency is defined as “A self-governing possession of the British crown”, this includes the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. This means that Jersey decides its own laws and is also protected and represented by Britain.
Jersey’s connection to the crown is due to an event in 1204 where the island had to choose whether to align themselves with the French crown or the English, despite being a part of French territory for the past hundred years, Jersey decided to side with King John of England.
Because of this, King John awarded islanders with the right to govern themselves which led to the creation of the Royal Court and the States of Jersey, and political positions have now become democratic as people have to elect representatives in.
