My interpretation of the theme ‘NOSTALGIA’ is heavily based on childhood and memories of growing up. So for my personal study I’m going to explore childhood in comparison to life now as teenagers. To present this I’m going to collect baby/childhood photos and take my own images of my friends now as teenagers, in contrast. I am going to look at the artist Justine Kurland, especially her book ‘GIRL PICTURES’ and follow a similar style to that and also research Jim Goldberg with his book ‘RAISED BY WOLVES’ that looks at teen lifestyle from a more urban and grungy perspective. I have decided to look at this topic in particular as I find it interesting to see how much people have changed and look at what we do differently then vs now. I am planning to present my project in the form of a photobook as turning the pages could be a metaphor for time passing and it enables a wider selection of images. I will be shooting these images in a mixture of documentary style of photography as it is representative of reality and is the same style as most childhood photos, staged documentary as this is what Justine Kurland did and some portraiture. This will involve me bringing my camera around with me when me and my friends go out and capture moments that represent who we are now and what we, as teenagers, do aswell as staging and planning/setting up some shoots.

Moodboard for the teenage images:

Moodboard for the childhood images: