for my exam project i want to highlight the theme “union” by perusing the idea of social realism by categorising my images as stereotypes. The reason why I want to do this is by breaking down the walls between stereotypes that have been engraved in peoples minds that have become more and more common, for example the idea of sexuality this would consist of challenging the idea “that’s boys clothes” and vies versa. i will also look at stereotypes such as peoples physical appearance, race and cultural diversity by doing the same as previously mentioned challenging stereotypes of the given topics above. why does my idea matter to me? The reason it matters to me is because my entire life I’ve always been around by a diverse mix of people from gay relatives, different cultured friends, and this has lead to many people in my circle being discriminated for the way they look, the way they are, and what they believe in which is why this project is a little more personal to me.

How do I wish to develop my project? For example my first photoshoot will consist of me taking pictures of objects that might be looked at as a something a “Women would wear” or that a “Man would wear” these object will be things such as heels and boots and having the background of the image as blue for the heels and pink for the boots to oppose the view that only a certain gender should be applicable to that sort of footwear. I will also use things such as lipstick and also men and women fragrances and do something similar to the other objects. when looking into sexuality I want to take pictures of people of both genders wearing clothing you wouldn’t particularly associate them with, for example a man wearing a dress and a women wearing a suit or some short of formal attire that men would use. I think it will go hand in hand with the project as it will help paint the picture of what I want to tell people when looking at my project. so i would do the same for all my other photoshoots just oppose the idea of the stereotypes.

when and where do I intend to start my study? I plan to start my study by taking image of the objects I named previously in the studio as will be able to create the best images possible with the lighting and other resource’s available to me in the studio. I also intent on taking some images from home for the gender photoshoot as I’ve got resources at home to take the images I need to take. And for my other photoshoots i will need to go out and take images of people or pictures of things that symbolise what my topic is about (sexuality, diversity, etc).