My Intentions

I want to explore the places from my childhood. Places like the Watersplash and the sand dunes at St. Ouens, The campsite at Greve De Lecq, Beuvelande, Fort Regent, Millbrook Park and even abandoned places that I have not visited in a very long time. These places mean a lot to me because I spent a lot of my childhood in these areas. I used to go to Millbrook every day after school, Every summer I would spend a lot of time at St. Ouens Bay and Greve De Lecq, On a rainy day when there’s nothing to do I would go to the jungle gym at Fort Regent. And I’ll always remember the times when me and my friends would sneak into abandoned places, places like the unfinished car park at the fort, the abandoned brewery and even the abandoned cable cars when they were still up. During development, I want to take a mix of observational photos and tableaux photos. I want to set a general aesthetic for all of my photos by trying various editing techniques to make the photos look distorted and more interesting. I can do this by adding blur, changing the colour levels and using things like AI to enhance the photos, I want to try putting the photos on a polaroid printout too, to really convey a nostalgic feel. An edit I really want to do is the “Clone” edit, where I take multiple photos with the camera in the same fixed position but with me in different locations, then putting all of them together. I have done this in GCSE and I intend on improving and doing it again. I also want to add some actually old photos that were taken in some areas and have a new one for comparison. Another thing I want to try is having any text be placed behind objects, mainly for the cover and the title. I want to try and have this entire project be presented in a photobook but may try and make a short film too. The photobook has been decided because most photos traditionally are kept in these books and since I am producing nostalgic photos I feel it would be very fitting to have the project be displayed in one. My photos will be taking some inspiration from several artists such as Will Lakeman, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Gustave Le Gray, Stephanie Jung and Robert Clayton.