My idea for this projects stemmed from my love of history. I wanted to take the chance to try and capture the feeling I get when I visit historical places, when I sit in the grounds of Rochester castle or walk around the Cathedral.. I think it is really important to not forgot the way our world was before our generations and that even though the cities and towns of our country are always changing it is important to keep what was here before. For this project I really wanted to share how captivating the history of something is, and I couldn't think of a better way than to take my photos at Rochester castle.
For this project I looked at a painter called Susan Brown, I found it hard to find an artist that had a strong relation to my concept, I think because it is so personal to me. However, Susan Brown's work addressed the same ideas that I had for my concept. Her work placed buildings of history within our modern world, keeping them strong and making that connection with my concept gave me inspiration with how to style my photos.
The photo shoot for this project went well, I enjoyed going out into Rochester and finding the places that I feel the greatest sense of history! However when it came to printing my images, I had a few issues to overcome. My negatives were over exposed and therefore hard to print, I really like my final images but I am very aware that they are not to the highest standard, but feel that nevertheless, my concept has been reached by the images themselves, regardless of the end print quality.
The aspect I found most difficult about this unit, was finding visual references. I found that with a concept that was so personal, it was difficult to find a painter, photographer, sculpture etc that made a real connection with my intended work. One artist I came across, Justine Reyes, through my research really inspired my shoots though and found her work really interesting.
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