On Tuesday 4th October, we went on a class field trip to Le Hocq and Green Island, before going to the Société Jersiaise, a local charity dedicated to studying and archiving the island’s archaeology, history (both human and natural), culture, environment and language. This work is incredibly important as they aim to protect and share this knowledge with islanders.
I tried to experiment with a mixture of monochrome and colour images, taking inspiration from some of the work of Emile F Guiton, a photographer who’s work we looked over in the archives, specifically his images of Green Island. I also tried to vary my compositions, using a range of close-ups and more far away shots, however I do wish I got to take more pictures after actually arriving at Green Island so I will look at planning another shoot there.
Image by Guiton One of my images
I was inspired by the monochrome work of Guiton but did not want to stick to exclusively black and white, which is why I added in some cyan to the image, making it stand out more. Both images feature multiple people looking around a significant site, however are separated by years and subject.
Images from this trip combined together with your earlier experiments is a good set of images to produce an interesting zine from.