I would want to explore belonging and nostalgia. as it will be personal to me and I will be passionate about it. I know that entering my past as well as my mother past will help me learn more about her life and mine.
I am planning to use old pictures of my mums childhood as well as teenage years, then shifting to my onw childhood and teenage life. I want to represent a link between us. I will include quotes, interview, and other word formats to incorporate in the book. I would love to present my study in a photobook so that it feels like I’m telling a story. a narrative of hers and mine life and how they link.
I will begin my study by diving into photo albums that include pictures of my mum, then selecting ones throughout different stages of her life, I will also do the same when it comes to mine pictures of my childhood. from then on I might think about montaging these photographs together, digitally and manually.
when it comes to photoshoots I will collect pictures of meaningful objects and having a part of the project focusing on still life. However I also wish to photograph natural setting that represent my life. this means photographing subjects in motion, in the moment scenarios, instead of pre planned studio photoshoots. meaning most of the pictures will be taken outside the studio, maybe within buildings, and outside. the images will be more documentary and observational, however I might have to stage a couple to get the desired look.
I will include many portraits of my friends as well as objects that respond to them specifically, for example meaning objects to me/them. I will make sure to be very experimental with the images I create, however I plan to not over do it, so that the images look too distorted.
In the photobook, I need to think deeply about the narrative I am trying to tell, meaning the layout will have to be specific in order for the story to flow. I might accompany text from books from my mothers childhood, old letters written to her or by her, or recipes. The text might flow over some images or be on the side as a form of narrative.
Some of the images might be taken by different mediums of photography, this being shot on film, digital camera, or polaroid’s, I love film photography so I will try to use it the most when possible, but when it might not be possible I can always achieve a similar effect through image altering in photoshop or Lightroom. depending on the format and how well the images compliment each other the sequence of them might change.
What might be useful id as well as other forms of montage and image altering, I use the help of AI to achieve a certain outcome.
Overall, the outcome I want to achieve is a story told by photograph or my mum and me. I want to represent my life through hers as a form of thank you, as she had to give up her early adult and late teenage years for me. I want to show the similarities we have between us and show the viewers that even when they think they are stuck in a hard situation, it will eventually work out.
Good statement of intent, but illustrate with images to make it more interesting visually.