ISLANDNESS

I stared this project by looking through my diary for ideas, I had a rough idea of what I wanted to do already as I had been highly interested in orchestrating my own project since last year- I wanted to create a scrapbook style photobook about life on an island from the perspective of a teenage girl: concentrating on the beauty of everyday life. After doing this I then created a Pinterest board to find images which match the aesthetic I was looking for- these images serve as inspirations for all aspects of the photobook including page layouts and design, texts I may use and style of image I would like to incorporate.

My idea of islandness includes aspects of nature, I would like to play with the idea of predominantly abstract images; of people, of plants and landscapes- including almost scientific style images of plants and seaweed. I also have pressed flowers and leaves from throughout the year that I would like to include in the photobook.

With my choice of aesthetic throughout the book, I would like my images to show an aspect of the female gaze towards life, attempting gentle and intimate photos which give a feminine aura without having to clearly show the presence of a female.

For my beginning photoshoots I plan to experiment with a fisheye lens, night photography and possibly underwater photography.