Family identity can be defined as the following: Habits, rituals, and traditions your family takes part in. Family legacy and history passed down via word of mouth or ancestor research. Values your family subscribes to.
My definition: How your family ties/ roots affect aspects of your life such as your culture and upbringing. This means that if this is included in my project there are lots of initial ideas, as I can explore my whole family tree, through generations.
Here I have created a mood board to demonstrate my first ideas when it comes to my photoshoot to illustrate cultural identity. These photographs above consist of juxtaposition pieces people wearing clothing relating to their culture, objects relating to their culture and flags across a lady’s face. I think these images will influence my photoshoot as I can recreate images such as the middle one of the last row as I can create juxtaposition work on photoshop.
Yoshikatsu Fujii
Yoshikatsu Fujii, born and raised in Hiroshima City. He began photography work in Tokyo in 2006. His photographic works often deal with historical themes and memory lingering on in contemporary events. His works were exhibited at the several festivals.
Futhermore, Fujii is a photo based visual storyteller on long-form projects about, memory, family, contemporary events and history. His main medium is a hand-made limited edition photobook. Fujii’s project “Red String,” was highly inspired by his parents’ divorce, produced a hand-made limited edition photobook. Nominated for several awards, including the Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards.
The main reason why I like his work is because it is relatable to myself, as I can use my own images of family to recreate Fujii’s pieces of work. Furthermore, the message behind is work one that is relevant to many people’s family situations. The fourth image in this gallery is composed of 1/3 colour and 2/3 is a monochromatic image, this would good to recreate in photoshop and apart of my project where I used older materials.
Role in my project: I really like how Fujii’s work is displayed and represented as it tells a deeper story with a deeper meaning behind his work. In addition, I am going to recreate part of ‘Red String’ project in the exam using an old photograph from my grandparents wedding, cropping their heads off in Lightroom, getting it printed in good quality, sticking in onto foam board and threading red string all around the white boarder.
Photo Montage- Zed Nelson
Born in East Africa, Nelson graduated from Westminster University, London, with a degree in photography and filmmaking. Having gained international recognition and numerous awards as a documentary photographer, Nelson’s recent work adopts an increasingly considered, in-depth approach to reflect on contemporary social issues through long-term personal projects.
Love Me, Nelson’s most recent book, reflects on the cultural and commercial forces that drive a global obsession with youth and beauty. The project spanned five years, involved photography in 18 countries across five continents, and was recently nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
Carmen – Opera – The Royal Opera House 
Carmen – Opera – The Royal Opera House
Nelson’s seminal first book, Gun Nation, was a ground-breaking reflection on America’s love affair with the gun. Gun Nation has been exhibited internationally and awarded five major photography prizes (including First Prize in World Press Photo Competition, the Visa d’Or, France, and the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award, USA).
Nelson’s work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate Britain, the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA), and is in the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Nelson has had solo shows in New York, Stockholm, Copenghagen and London.
Role in my project: I have some old family images that I am going to recreate, I am planning to use the same style as these but with my own family photos. Furthermore, I like how these images are composed of somewhat serous family photos, which match perfectly with what I am. I think the similarities and juxtaposition with his work and mine will make for a substantial artist reference and I like how they feel like they are deadpan family photos.