Whilst creating my project, I chose to do the theme of youth culture that I captured in my work through documentation-style photography that highlighted the authenticity behind my images, as the photo-taking process for this project simply based on capturing candid moments with my friends to create an atmosphere revolving around the freedom and liberation of youth culture on an Island. I feel I worked to the best of my extent whilst working on this project – I did multiple photoshoots in several locations during different times of the day to show the activities myself and my friends got up to whist being stuck on a small Island with limited places to go. Out of all of my photoshoots, my favourite ones were the images I produced during my night photoshoots in forests, as I had to experiment a lot due to limited lighting, which in the end created many interesting images for example the one below – this is amongst my favourites due to the way the branches contrast with the dark background and the figure captured in motion.

Overall, I really enjoyed making this project as I felt Islandness was a personal theme therefore I could work with it in any way i wanted, and was satisfied with the outcome as i felt it incorporated my artist references and the insider/outsider perspective I had planned to include in my work, but still had my own take on it. However if I could redo the project, I would focus more on applying my artists references into my photobook, as I was really inspired by the layout of Raised by Wolves, yet my photobook displayed a completely different aesthetic, which I liked but was not satisfied with the outcome of the layout.