WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EXPLORE?

Through the theme of islandness, for my personal study I intend to explore how it feels to grow up on an island- specifically from the perspective of a teenage girl, concentrating on the beauty of everyday life.

WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU?

I have lived in Jersey for all of my life, through this I have realised there is a specific island mindset which covers the grounds of naivety, hedonistic characteristics and a love of being near the sea- I would also like to acknowledge the quieter aspects of island youth culture: including isolation which is especially prevalent on an island which is both separated by geography and mindset.

HOW DO YOU WISH TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT?

I would like to develop this project through a photobook-I may make a film but my inexperience filming may prevent me from doing this- I would like this photobook to be in the style of a personal diary however I am still open to inspirations and interpretations which I am getting through Pinterest and personal research- I have also made decisions such as I would like to focus on colour images, using a mix of landscape images and portraits- I also may include many different types of medias in this diary making it a scrapbook-type style including cyanotypes, pressed flowers and stuck in items. I also like the idea of burning a CD with songs that I believe fit the theme of the photobook and decorating the cover with images from the photobook.

WHERE AND WHEN DO YOU INTEND TO BEGIN YOUR STUDY

I have started exploring the theme for this study by using Pinterest and creating a board which has various sections including page designs, texts I may include, artist inspirations (many of which are not professional artists or photographers. I am researching documentary/staged photographers to find an aesthetic I would like to convey.