Start by doing some reflecting in your learning log. What kinds of subjects might be seen as un-photographable? How might you go about portraying them using photography?
OCA course book Assignment two.
Looking at this an idea that comes to mind and could argue it’s in vogue at the time, although I hate to say that term. A lot of people are jumping on the bandwagon. ”Mental Health” is what I’m relating too. It’s nothing new in my eyes it’s just more in your face today than it was said some ten years ago.
Everyone has some form of mental issues; it’s just how one chooses to let people know. Talking is the apparent answer though is probably the hardest one to achieve in today’s modern society.
The idea of seeing one’s self in an image looking wholly different and showing a side that is unphotographable will hopefully show what it is I’m trying to portray.
The idea has come from the image above. I’d need to take a few self-portraits in various guises for the concept to work. It draws from the previous exercise and projects with manipulation and telling a story.
Part Two Context and Narrative BA HONS in Photography OCA 