Photoshoot 1

For my first photoshoot I need to digitalise my grandads photos. My grandfather had a big interest in photography therefore I have hundreds of his old photos. My whole project will be centred around these photos and exploring what I can do with them.

Photoshoot 2

For my 2nd photoshoot I was planning on focusing on the family photos I have. I would like to go through them and organise them into groups to then take pictures of those groups. I was thinking about sorting some into portraits, some from my Grandfathers time in the Royal Airforce, some of their family home etc… I want to base my first photoshoot on Christian Boltanski as he created this work to try and reconnect or learn about these families which is part of the reason I choose to base my project on my grandparents. He creates these huge pieces which will contain lots of portraits of family members which he then uses to create one big collage. I know that lost of the photos that I have access to were portraits of different family members so it will be nice to learn about everyone while I do this.

Photoshoot 3

For my 3rd photoshoot I’m hoping to use embroidery and needle work inspired Carolle Benitah. in order to do this I am planning on using old pieces of fabric and ironing my picture onto that fabric using heat transfer paper.

Ideally I would like to try and stitch signs/icons of the nationality of the persons who’s portraits it is For example if it was a picture of my grandmothers I would bases it on something from Germany. Ideally I would like to use one picture of both my grandmother and grandfather together and try and have their flag behind them.

Photoshoot 4

For my 4th photoshoot I would like to recreate some of my grandads photos. I would like to recreate some of the images of my grandmother with myself. In order to to this I will have to use a tri-pod as I will be both the model and photographer however I feel its important for me to be the model when replicating the images due to being the only granddaughter.

Additionally i potentially will edit some photos so its half my grandads picture and half mine. There is one picture my grandfather took of my grandmother standing in front on a small lake with her reflection looking back at her. I believe recreating this image but editing it so that I’m looking at the camera and my grandmothers reflection will be in the water.

Photoshoot 5

For my 5th photoshoot I would like to get a picture of my dad holding up a picture. This is a picture that has always been on display in my house growing up its a picture of my great grandfather standing next to my grandfather on a bike when he was a child. The reason I want to use that exact photo is because I would like to try and show the three different generations of the men in my family.

Photoshoot 6

For my 6th photoshoot I am inspired by Zoltan Kerenyi’s ‘windows to the past’. This means similarly to Kerenyi I will be using some of the family photos I have of when my grandparents moved back to jersey and returning to the same location. While Kerenyi superimposed his images to utilise both the old and the new I would like to physically be holding up to subtly represent more of a connection to the image. These images seem so personal showing snapshots in time and going back to revisit them which I think will work really well conceptually with my project.

Photoshoot 7

For my 7th photoshoot I’m heading down to the harbour. This is because I want to take photos inspired by my grandad and his love for boats and sailing. I’m planning on doing this through finding similar objects that I could find in my grandads original photos for example I want to find a small boat similar to what they had and maybe some seaweed based on a photo he took of my dad pulling in their boat whilst standing on a platform covered in seaweed.

Photoshoot 8

For this last photoshoot all I want is to take a picture of both my grandparents wedding rings together with their marriage certificate. This is important to me and it displays their nationality and little bits of information surrounding them.