For this photoshoot, I wanted to experiment with something I had never tried before in photography: using a projector. To do this, I borrowed a projector from art and brought it down to the studio where I then placed it in front of the white wallpaper. I then turned off all the lights and chose some images off of the internet that I felt linked to the theme of identity. For example, I searched for words that describe women (as that is who I was photographing) and a quote saying ‘who am I?’ which is meant to convey the idea of people feeling lost about who they really are and how stereotypes are placed onto women about who they are supposed to be, often causing them to lose a sense of self as they try and mould themselves into societies expectations. I placed the model in front of the projector in order to the convey the idea that she encapsulates what’s being projected eg feeling like she doesn’t know who she is. To edit these images I used Lightroom where I adjusted the exposure, contrasts, white balance and more. I made sure to make the background fully black so that the attention of the viewer doesn’t go away from the centre.

I like how this photoshoot came out as it was simple but portrays an important message about it being okay to not know who you are exactly and potentially feeling lost and to embrace it instead of being embarrassed. However, next time I would like to experiment with different images being projected eg a dark room with a singular light where the model would stand in front of with her hands on her hand. This would further display the emotions one may feel in relation to figuring out their identity.