Discussion with Tutor about idea

Upon talking to my tutor, Paul, about my new project idea, we decided together that it would be a good idea to include some context/background within the photograph. The reality of the background gives weight to the emotion felt or the expression represented into the photograph by making it seem natural unstaged and real. I aimed to show more of the persons world and personal sphere, thereby contextualising them against their own possessions and life. However, I am still also providing close-ups with less contextual information to really hone in on their expression and thus their reliving of the memory. Both of these types of photographs still portray elements of the Portraiture discourse such as pose, background, expression and clothing (David Bate, Photography: The Key Concepts) but also now ties in with the work of Nan Goldin and Tina Barney who depicted their close friends and family in their environments, whilst still alluding to the project Dear Photograph and the reenactment of memories referred to by Irina Werning in her photography, as well as Newsha Tavakolian from the Light From the Middle East: New Photography exhibition at the V&A, and Eolo Perido, whose work I stumbled across on the website 500px.

My Inspirations