In my meeting with Liam I showed him the dummy books I've done so far; he said the work has really come along, and was able to grasp the current theme by looking at them, which I was very much glad for. He also stated that the line between my images and the archive is blurred, which makes the work interesting and keeps the viewer guessing as to what the next image will be.
However, we discussed ways to develop the book, like re-photographing the photocopy images of my old school books, so that it is a bit clearer, which will let the viewer to see the detail in the drawing and colouring lines, for example.
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| Examples of photocopied images used in the dummy books |
Whilst looking, he got a sense of sexuality that was coming through the images, which I didn't notice and might be interesting to consider if I were to develop the project afterwards; at this moment I wouldn't want it to be the main focus of the project, since it isn't about that and there are other parts to myself than just my sexuality.
This links in with Liam's question during the meeting, when he saw the Italian badge grouping, and asked if I would take photographs of my family in Italy; as previously stated, it is part of who I am but it isn't a key aspect of what this work is about.
Furthermore- he said to consider making the undeveloped photos act as markers in the project,
separating and differentiating between the images by spreading them across the page full bleed. And as a challenge, he mentioned to narrow the images down to twelve that convey the main essence of the project, and bring in other images to expand it.
Finally, Liam thought the last image in the sequence was too final, and thought it might be better to make the ending more ambiguous by finishing on a written note or book.
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| Final image in sequence |
Overall it was very stimulating to be given all this feedback which will help my work and keep pushing it forward, in particular the challenge of narrowing the images down, since there are a lot of images that convey the project's current intentions. But this will help strengthen the work as a whole by using strong images and supplement them with photographs that will connect them all together.
