Over year 12 and 13, we have studied many different topics those including, Anthropocene, environmental portraiture, new topographic, identity and experimenting with different lightings like chiaroscuro, rim lighting, Rembrandt diamond cameos and multi exposure.

Past projects:

Femininity vs masculinity

The Identity topic we studied was my favourite project. My final images from this project are definitely my strongest outcomes and I also really enjoyed producing these images.

For the identity project I specifically focused on Femininity and trying to capture what femininity means in some ways.

I studied artists such as Sian Davey and Deana Lawson. The main artist I was inspired by was Justine Kurland but more specifically her photos from the project ‘Girl Pictures’. Justine Kurland is known for her utopian images of American landscapes and their fringe communities, sought to reclaim this space with her now-iconic series, Girl Pictures.

Justine Kurland’s images

3 of my images:

Anthropocene

The Anthropocene Epoch is an unofficial unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth’s history when human activity started to have a significant impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems.

My final outcomes for the Anthropocene project were successful. I liked this project because we had a variety of options for things to photograph that came under the topic of Anthropocene. I chose to focus on the pollution in the ocean, more specifically, the stuff off the fields in Jersey that gets dumped into the ocean.

This could be a potential idea for my personal study as I like the landscape outcomes, also, growing up round those areas of the beaches could link to the nostalgia theme.

Street Photography

Street photography, a genre of photography that records everyday life in a public place. The very publicness of the setting enables the photographer to take candid pictures of strangers, often without their knowledge.

For this project we had the chance to go on a day trip to St Malo to study the town and take pictures relating to street photography.

I didn’t manage to take very many photos whilst I was there, however I think the outcomes from the photoshoot were really strong and successful.

I think street photography is very interesting as you can focus on people and their behaviour in public, as well as being able to capture images from every day situations.