VIRTUAL GALLERY:
SELECTION FOR FINAL PRINTS:
EVALUATION:
WHY CHOOSE THE SUBJECT ‘DOCUMENTARY’ FOR THE NOSTALGIA PROJECT (PERSONAL STUDY)?
I chose to take my final pictures inspired by the Becher’s typologies as it was a way to express my nostalgia though the houses I lived in. Nostalgia is defined as ‘a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations’ which can be reinforced with the memories a family has in each home. Each house that I photographed represents a period of my life, which reinforces this sense of nostalgia and memories. My intention was to use ‘documentary’ photography to reinforce this idea of documenting periods of my life in houses, and presents them in a grid layout out to show the timeline.
HOW DID I PLAN THIS PROJECT?
To be able to do the photoshoot (2) with the houses I needed to make sure that the weather and lighting looked similar in all the images, therefore this photoshoot lasted me for over 2 days. In order to get the best lighting I could I did my photoshoot between 12:00-13:00 (mid-day). However when taking the family portraits in order to create this documentary style aesthetic I tried to capture authentic moments then staging my family members.
PHOTOSHOOT AND EDITING:
I took photoshoot (1) during my weekend away in Poland for a family event, in this photoshoot I managed to take images during the family dinner and around the town centre. Due to the photoshoot being during Christmas season I was able to take some pictures of Christmas Markets and how the Polish celebrate. However, due to photoshoot (2) being after Christmas there were so festive images that contrasted with Poland, however the my intention was to focus my images on the houses. During my editing process in Lightroom Classic I adjusted the images into black and white and slightly turned down the exposure to create this sharp detailed image, furthermore all the images had the same adjustment settings, as my intention was to create a photobook with visibly similar aesthetic.
WHAT WENT WRONG IN THIS PROJECT?
During this project it was difficult for me to find a topic to focus on and photograph. Once finally figuring out the photoshoots were disorganised and rushed. Planning my photoshoots was difficult as some picture were off island, therefore not much plan could go towards the photoshoot planning.