PHOTOSHOOT MOODBOARD

The idea of Anthropocene first led me to think about Jersey’s geological heritage and how that has changed and been effected by the human race. However, after researching artists like Mandy Barker and Dafna Talmor, I decided to think more along the path of humanity’s effect on the earth in general. I thought about the pollution added by the small island that we live on, and how much that devastates the way that we live and how Jersey has changed from a beautiful rural landscape, to a tourism and financial urban landscape.

INSPIRATION

Taking together the works of Mandy Barker and Dafna Talmor, there seems to be zero connections between any of the images; however, the plastic that Barker has collected from all of her photographic expeditions has been taken from beaches. The images produced by Talmor are of clear seascapes that she has then dismantled and reconfigured. This sparked my idea of combining the themes of these to photographers to show how plastic and pollution has physically changed the world we live in. Therefore, with my photoshoots I want to capture a range of images that can then be put together to show the different ways that humans are the single most damaging aspect to the serenity of our home. Using photoshop, I want to use images of plastic debris collected from beaches around the island and combine them with beautiful seascapes (perhaps including elements of the sublime).

ACTION PLAN – Photoshoot 1 (Pollution)

On Saturday 14th January, I will move around the island to different beaches, collecting plastic found and litter that will only ruin the earth. I will then photograph them where I found them and then bring them back to the studio where I will imitate some of the images created by Mandy Barker with a jet black background that allows the different plastics to stand out in some kind of collage or shape that resembles the ocean.