• In this page you can see a blank page with a portrait image, in this portrait image you can see me auntie and grandad cooking in the kitchen, which sets the scene in the photobook. The kitchen holds many memories so this image at the start of the book can be described as an establishing shot for the photobook. Having these images in black and white further reinforces this idea of nostalgia and memories, furthermore having people from an older generation in this image works with the images of black and white since most of their images during that time would be in black and white.

• In this image you can see the pattern of alternating portraits and landscapes, since this is the next image in the photobook sequence. In this image you are able to see two sisters and one of her daughters (the middle and the right) which also shows this idea of two generations in one photo. This image has a good composition with girls in the middle and all smiling, even though this photograph was staged it gives a really authentic emotion to the image. All of the girls smiling shows the happy atmosphere during the party which connotes the idea that family can bring happiness during a big family celebration.

• In this image further in the boom starts to show the second topic in the photobook, typologies with houses. This typology are photos of all the house I’ve lived in, total of 13, which later in the book will be shown in a typology grid. This singular black and white images hold lots of memories, and houses hold many memories for lots of people. You are able to feel the sense of nostalgia when looking at these images as you reminisce over the memories you hold in that particular house.

• In this double page you can see a typology grid, presenting houses. These pages can be found in the middle of the book which highlights core memories. These pages are possibly the most important images within the photobook as it shows my life through houses. The placement of the images is also important as it shows a timeline of houses in the order I lived in them.

Narrative: What is your story?
Describe in:

• 3 words

Documenting through typologies.

• A sentence

Documenting my duel-nationality, in the form of typologies.

• A paragraph

The documentation of my duel-nationality through the juxtaposition of my family in Poland and Jersey. By documenting my personal emotion of nostalgia through my memories of landscape’s I will present my images in the form of typologies. Furthermore, by taking images of my family members, I can express my identity through the portraitures of my family and how it influences my sense of nostalgia.

Design: Consider the following

• How you want your book to look and feel
• Paper and ink
• Format, size and orientation
• Binding and cover
• Title 
• Structure and architecture
• Design and layout
• Editing and sequencing
• Images and text

DESIGN OF PHOTOBOOK:

I want my book to look organised and have a calm aesthetic. I will achieve this by editing all my images in black and white with the same adjustments. In order of the layout I will leave the left page blank and right page with an image, this will keep the photobook well structed and less chaotic with a number of images. However in the middle of my book I will create a typology grid, inspired by the Becher’s, with images of houses. The structure of this images will be the same with it either being a straight mid shot, or a slight angle shot of the houses, this is so that in the grid the sequence works. For the title of my book I will name it ‘Untitled’ this is so it can challenge the stereotypical idea of naming a book something cliché, however it also suggests the photobook can be interpreted however the reader might understand it which gives this sense of ambiguity. The cover of my book will not be an image included in the book, it will be a simple oat coloured material that binds it together, this will further create mystery while also keeping the aesthetic of the book. Since most of my images are landscape the orientation of the book will be landscape however to add some shape into the book, I will be alternating between landscape and portrait images.

SCREENGRABS OF A FEW PAGES OF PHOTOBOOK; UNFINISHED:

• Colour of book..

• Alternating pictures..

• Typology grid..