My Zine choice

Over the summer we were asked to explore a project based on an area of interest that could be then linked to our own work. For myself I used the opportunity to delve into a personal passion of Photography, collage and story telling. I spent the holidays travelling through Europe and had the opportunity to capture something of life, culture and human nature. Photography, as a medium is used to help document moments and freeze them. I believed this be the best tool to help me collate my investigative imagery. My approach to photography is strictly amateur but the instantaneous results have helped me to narrate and express a story or a mood quickly. The visual translation of my subjects worked well with the pinhole lens and the black framework provided the necessary visual intrigue, giving the subject a dramatic effect. Some of my images are produced from observational spying while out and about and some from being nosey in churches, peoples home’s and galleries.

This experience has led me to believe that as a society we are all a little curious about human nature, the environment we live in and the world around us. I wanted the book to provide a glimpse of my own personal fascination with the life that was going on around me during the summer months.

My choice to make the book a simple A6 size was to replicate an old Olympus camera and the development of the images onto heavy weight tracing paper was to be a reminder of the dividers in old vintage photo albums. The stitching technique I used reminded me of the many holes I experimented with in trying to make and adapt the lens to achieve the desired results. I hope that this Zine provides an intriguing content and is interesting to its viewer as the project has been to me.

 Over the summer we were asked to explore a project based on an area of interest that could be then linked to our own work. For myself I used the opportunity to delve into a personal passion of Photography, collage and story telling. I spent the holidays travelling through Europe and had the opportunity to capture something of life, culture and human nature. Photography, as a medium is used to help document moments and freeze them. I believed this be the best tool to help me collate my investigative imagery. My approach to photography is strictly amateur but the instantaneous results have helped me to narrate and express a story or a mood quickly. The visual translation of my subjects worked well with the pinhole lens and the black framework provided the necessary visual intrigue, giving the subject a dramatic effect. Some of my images are produced from observational spying while out and about and some from being nosey in churches, peoples home’s and galleries.

This experience has led me to believe that as a society we are all a little curious about human nature, the environment we live in and the world around us. I wanted the book to provide a glimpse of my own personal fascination with the life that was going on around me during the summer months.

My choice to make the book a simple A6 size was to replicate an old Olympus camera and the development of the images onto heavy weight tracing paper was to be a reminder of the dividers in old vintage photo albums. The stitching technique I used reminded me of the many holes I experimented with in trying to make and adapt the lens to achieve the desired results. I hope that this Zine provides an intriguing content and is interesting to its viewer as the project has been to me.