In my project i will be documenting the change in youth and lifestyle today in Jersey compared to the 20th century which prioritised adults over youth.
Statement of intent
In my personal study, I want to capture the Jersey youth culture, I will be focussing on what teenagers do on such a small island where there isn’t much to do. I have taken inspiration from artists such as Justine Kirkland, Simon Wheatley as well as images from Pinterest.
This topic matters to me because I feel in Jersey, the youth are in some way looked down on and seen as badly behaves e.g. drinking, partying, having bonfires… However, as a teenager in jersey, we are very limited with things to do. Representation of Jersey teenagers is important to me as we often feel we are missing out compared to people from places such as England and have to create our own fun… In my project I will also be doing a comparison of youth in the early 1900’s as well as their representation.
I have began my project by researching different photographers such as Justine Kirkland, I have looked online and compiled a collected of her images which I feel correlate with my theme. As well as this, I have been doing research at the Société and looking into images of, younger people, families and general group photos , where I have discovered that children were often photographed in a very formal way, as well as a very set up way which don’t really show how children are. To develop my project, I will be juxtaposing images from the archive with images of my own to show the contrast between representation of youth back then compared to now
I have already began researching my project and plan to start photographing on the 26th of November. I have gathered who i am going to include in my images which are a mix of boys and girls. I have been looking around locations for possible shoots such as Alleys in St Helier, the sand dunes, a peoples houses…
Inspo/mood board
Jasmin, you must complete and publish the following blog posts before Christmas:
1. Artist References: two case studies
2. Research from photo-archive – make a post with images you have researched and comment on how it relates to your project. Include a few behind-the-scenes images of you working at the archive too.