The personal relationship with this project is something I wanted to show within my photos, and is something that I’d rather not apply much context to, as I feel as though the context should be noted within the image, and should be at least partly clear from the outside without much background information. With this in mind over the Easter Break many personal events happened for me, and I took the opportunity to capture what I feel best represents where I am in relation to home right now in some of the images I took…

These two images show both entrances to my newest ‘home’ and by that I mean my newest bedroom (as I now live within a loft conversion). The entrance/exit contrast is well-represented within the warm tones of the left image, and the cold tones of the right one. This is something I made prominent within Photoshop, to distinguish the two and make the staircase seem extra daunting in abundance to the low angle within the second photograph. Both images are clear, though the second seems to lose focus depth (again most likely due to my equipment) however this matches the reasoning behind the image.

The warm tones represent safety here, as my new bedroom features a calming space for me, and somewhere that I could relax amidst other things happening. Although the main colours featured within this photo are grey, cream and white, I believe the over-exposure from the window creates a warm glow which illuminates what would otherwise be cold textures within the room. I deliberately left the space untidy, to support the idea that the space had been lived in, as this was an important thing to show for me.

An extension of the previous image, recently I’ve found myself trying to escape the real world in this new environment by sitting and gazing outside of the large window within my room. I wanted to capture the tone and feeling of how it felt to feel so close to the sky whilst remaining indoors, and I feel as though the low angle of this shot is a good representation of that. I also like the soft and intricate texture of the beanbag within the foreground, and how the shape of the window is not centered and slight skewed diagonally within.

I like to think that the message behind this image is clear already. The exposure of the sunlight in the bottom left corner nicely radiates and dampens throughout the rest of the image as it dissipates into the red blue. The large wires across the structure of the bridge also build the structure of the photo and I like how the actual bridge itself isn’t shown, only the towering design that remains so large is rises up out of the photograph. The ‘Talk to Us’ message amidst the day-to-day signs is missable, and I that’s the whole point to this one. The saturation of the colours is a little bit much within the image, but it’s this attention grabbing (especially within the signs) that I wanted.

This is the first of a series of images I took to depict the broken nature of my new home, as within the garden the fence features a large gap in which various pets often walk through. The melancholic image of the lone chair is one I stole from an old teacher of mine, as I liked how the neighbours seemed to position the furniture perfectly within the gap of the fence. The horizontal nature of the photo was crafted to imitate the direction of the fence, whilst the lack of colour appeals to the melancholy image of the chair.

The black mold within my new kitchen sums up many things. The deterioration of a household, for one along with the attempt to fix things (the cloth shoved inside the gaping hole within the side of the house). The fading colours and murky shadows across everything match the photo itself, even the ground isn’t straight as it veers upwards towards the left. The simplicity of capturing this is what I think I like the most, as the complex pattern of the mold oozes together into a shapeless collage of disgust.

An extension of the previous photo. By making the image black and white I have isolated the tainted cleanliness within ‘the stained white of the plug fuse’ as it becomes corrupted by the mold and eaten until it gives into the black. The lack of colour highlights the tones of the effect damp has had on the wall, and creates a gritty, murky sight – a just representation of this new…’home’.

| Other Photographs that seem too Traditional |

Lincoln – A ‘New Home’. Although some of the depth from Steep Hill is nice there’s no real emotional connection to this one.

Another image of my new bedroom that carries the warm tones of the others, however I felt like this seemed too much like a standard photograph, as if I was just trying to show someone my bedroom.

Another part of the ‘Broken Home’ montage, although I like the idea (a fire alarm dangling precariously from a hole in the ceiling – the abandonment of safety) I feel as though the image is too dark and too blurry and unfortunately I was unable to take it again.

Whilst visiting Ashford I attempted to capture the silhouette of my previous home against a sunset sky. Although the sky proved to provide an interesting colour palette the silhouette of the house sadly didn’t work as well.

Probably the photos that make me the saddest, two of my best friends who are no longer a part of my life. However, I was advised that pets do not make interesting photographs.

Whilst visiting my second home in Welling, Kent I stopped by an old lake where I used to play as a child and witnessed an elderly man staring among the water. After an hour of just sitting there, I asked him if I could take this image and he kindly agreed. Although I like the image the idea of ‘home’ is loosely linked to this one, I like to think that the subject in question feels most at home in this location, which is why the location takes up the majority of the image.

Another image of the lake I spent much time at when I was younger. Although this looks edited it is in fact not in any way, as I had applied the wrong settings to my camera and this is how the image came out during sunset. The postcard image gives across a warm feeling of nostalgia for me and is something I really like.