For my photo shoot coming up, I have decided to use one single object and that object is an egg. I feel that it sounds rather silly, taking picture of a single egg, as it seems a little insignificant. However I like the idea that it's such a small, fragile object.
For me an egg was the best thing to overall, encapture my thoughts on the subject of my concept. Firstly, the initial reason I thought of using an egg was because of the connections I make with the younger generation and new life when I think of the symbolism of an egg. I then went on to think about how I could make the connection between the older and younger generation within this object as, for my concept, it is important for me to show how little difference there is between the generations. Secondly I thought about the fragility of the egg, and how this relates to fragility of the elderly and the main reason for some of the prejudices against them.
My idea for the shoot, is to have the egg smashed or cracked, or leaking in some way. This will represent the prejudices from those being prejudice; this egg represents the innocence of new life and the fact that it is cracked will represent the idea that some people view the elderly as broken/fractured by age and are no longer 'useful' as they are no longer this young, new life.
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