Here is an online link to my photobook: L’Expression de Soi
How I set up the layout of my photobook:
How I ended up presenting my photobook:
Evaluation of Photobook:
When starting this project, I knew I wanted to make a photobook as a final outcome but I was unsure of how to present it, I had two options:
- Present it in a way that shows the development of the gender spectrum, starting from one end of the spectrum e.g. femininity and gradually going through into the other end of the spectrum e.g. masculinity.
- Present it in a way that shows my own thoughts on gender identity and the confusion that comes with trying to find my own gender identity.
I chose the 1st one as I thought the 2nd one may be too personal and might not come across in the way that I would’ve wanted it to.
Throughout the book, each image represents a different part of the gender spectrum, starting with femininity and finishing with masculinity. As part of this the “androgynous” part of the spectrum is well represented which could possibly be to do with the fact that I present myself as androgynous at the majority of times.
This project/book is one of the most personal ones I have done yet as I feel like it really shows some insight into my personal thoughts on gender and gender stereotypes. I really enjoyed developing this project because of how personal it was and how much fun it was to go against stereotypes whilst producing the images.