I gathered some photographs from personal family archives. I want to incorporate some of these photos into my photobook, fitting into the ‘nostalgia‘ theme through reflection upon my childhood.
There are some other old photographs I found; photobooth and passport pictures. These photobooth photos are of my mum and dad in their childhood. I thought these might be good to incorporate into the photobook as it shows where I’ve come from, as well as where my dual nationality stems from. I imported them into Lightroom so I could adjust the pictures and edit the contrast.
These are some passport photographs I have gathered of my nana, mum, dad, brother, and myself. I like these as they’re a more standardised portrait where you can clearly see the person’s face. I want to incorporate these into my photobook so I could construct a family tree of photos. I’ll put this on the cover of the photobook or one of the first pages. This is to establish the storyline and shows how the subject of my book is on my family. These are the final pictures I’ve chosen to use for my photobook: