Project Brief

"The question is, what are you trying to say and what is the context. I would like to place the emphasis around issue-based work, photography that is culturally and visually challenging"-Max Kandhola, Visual Practice, Second Year, Term 2 Project Brief 2013.

Issue-based photography is something that provides a deep interest for me. The challenges provided through producing and viewing issue-based work is both inspiring and intriguing for me. Last term I produced work based around the issue of body image and confidence for women- something I can relate to personally. I enjoyed using the photographic medium as a way of understanding these issues and exposing them in order to make my subjects feel more comfortable both with themselves and with the idea that they are not alone with their feelings. Creating images that are personal provide me with a way of dealing with problems and moving forward. This term, I want to continue this road of personal discovery and understanding, using my camera as a way of coming to terms with the things life throws at me- issue-based photographs in which I can express feelings but so that the viewer can also relate to them.

Last year, I sadly lost a close family member. This time of grief and coming to terms with the loss of a loved one has really made me realise how important family is, but also how little I know about certain members of my family who actually mean a great deal to me. This term I would like to get to know my family better, using the photographic medium as a way of understanding and documenting personal relationships and day to day life for them. Although a very personal project, I also need to consider how I will do this in a way in which my viewer can relate and gain a relative understanding of the concept behind the work I will create. I need to remember that these images will be exhibited in the end of term exhibition alongside other work that may well be extremely different. How will I achieve this? How will I place my work within a particular genre? Who will be my audience, will they understand the work? These are all questions I will attempt to answer as the term continues.