From experimenting with what's important in the whole of 'My Generation' and exploring different sections in my initial photography and my local area, I decided to capture what was important to me in my room as a part of this Generation.
This collection of images was to showcase how my room is very personal to me. I have images of my mum as a kid as well as me, pictures of my granddad and grandma. I have a cupboard wall in my room which is full of all the important people in my life. I adapted Rania Matar's concept in her 'teenagers in their bedrooms' images by taking shots of all the 'important' things in my room and if they were removed from my room, it wouldn't feel like my room. Since the beginning of secondary school I had my own room and being 11/12 years old; it was the simple idea of having a room to sleep in by yourself. It was only until the age of 14/15 I began choosing the way I wanted my room to look and feel; I had this idea that I wanted to be able to walk into something I could call my own and any other person could recognise it was my room. So I began with the idea of pasting magazine cut outs on my wall; for inspiration, motivation or just someone pretty to look at. I added a quote above my bed which has changed over months, however never took the time to read it after it was there. My cupboard walls feature images of all my loved ones, the people that have been there every step of the way. Rania Matar had the idea of capturing individuals in their rooms, I captured what made my room, mine.
This image is very personal to me as it taken of my grandma and granddad, who I never met but have the most amazing stories about from my mum. The image of the two is what captured my eye the most but maybe that's because I know them, they are a part of me. Other's might get distracted in the image and things placed around the photo. My aim of this image was to show the direct intimacy of the older generation in my family. It is the biggest object in the picture so my focus is sticking on them two. I do believe this image has a different meaning to member of my family, in comparison the effect it has on me to the effect it has on my mum. I feel as though it just captures a moment in life that wasn't always going to be there, as my Granddad passed away which had a massive effect on my mother especially and my grandma. Even though the framed picture is slightly hidden by smaller objects it still has a massive impact of intimacy in the shot I took the shot, in landscape but not keeping 'the main object' in centre of the image, making the eyes wonder around the image as a whole. I used natural lighting in this image, however filtered it with black and white to show that the two people in the picture are from an older generation.
This links to 'My Generation' in the sense that we are so showered by skinny, pretty models and we have to be like them to be approved by society. This is the base of insecurities of teenage girls, not thinking they are perfect because they aren't a size 8 or below, they don't have a 26 inch waist or double D breasts. It's what 'My Generation' have grown to face and want to be and will try anything to achieve it. 'My Generation' is showered so heavily with the models which are size 0 featuring on Tumblr or Instagram and we believe we have to be like that to be approved by society. This is directed especially at teenage girls in 'My Generation.'
Further Development:
After shooting all the important parts which made my bedroom mine, I wanted to showcase what goes on in my room. In my family we haven't had a family dinner at a table for over a year now so I usually take my dinner plate upstairs and sit at my desk by myself. These image show exactly what its like in my room, my desk isn't just full of folders, school work and a laptop but also mugs, plates, bowls probably even from days ago because I try to avoid getting out my bedroom. That's the clear differentiation between the generation my mum was born in as opposed to 'My Generation.' The concept of not sitting at a dinner table has been infused more with personal experiences but is purely based on the idea of the 'safe place' I like to call my bedroom.
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