Development: Four walls

I am still using Rania Matar's concept in this development. I wanted to convey how I use my room as my own little house in a way. I tried to symbolise my room representing what I go through, from eating or to taking pills, the four walls of my room will know. Similar to Rania Matar my room is an emotional place, but only when I'm there by myself otherwise once I'm out (which is rarely ever) or when someone comes in I change my attitude and mood to save 'questions.' I had this idea to show exactly how it is in my room, as in with the bed frame, words at the back, pyjamas and the only thing staged is actually me and what I'm doing. I wanted the pictures to give a sense of; now they know what goes on in Reena's Bedroom. It varies, the four walls have experienced, reading; going off into a different world when I don't want to be in this one, exploring a character in a book where of course, I can probably relate to somewhere. The concept of taking selfies in my room, I should admit happens quite a lot however not for the approval of others but for myself, a sort of motivation.  

Food. One of the biggest battles I've endured, because 'My Generation' has done great in scaring teenagers into thinking everything is calories and 'skipping dinner makes you thin'. Reason behind the Mcdonald's bag is my little road to recovery of eating like I used to as a child and achieving a balanced diet. I have an image holding prescribed pills because it's what my past 6 months have been based on and only have I experience such highs and lows in my room to take prescribed pills. This picture is very significant as in the way everybody is placed and how young we look; aged 4 I would say. It's the only reminder that 'once upon a time' (reference to the books again) I had a proper family which is the reason I keep this photo hidden in my bedroom, so nobody can ask questions.

I incorporated the idea of selfies, my bed and things that are the most significant. I used a tripod in these images, with a self timer of 10 seconds, manually focused on the subject I was holding. This was a difficult shoot as I tried to hold the intimacy between myself and what I was holding. Also, I used natural lighting which added to the image but the lighting came from the right side of the image, darkening the left. My main intentions for this shoot were to show exactly how it is in my room and share the personal things I don't usually share.