Final Major Project proposal

BA (Hons) Photographic Arts                                            

MAJOR PROJECT PROPOSAL

This should be a clear, focussed and coherent proposal for the major project that you intend to produce in Semester 2 and should give the reader a clear sense of what the project will involve when read alongside the pilot project.

Please extend boxes as required (500-1000wds)

Name           

Madalaine Nevzat

Project Title (or working title)

For my working title I will choose the youngest and oldest age of the girls/women that I am going to photograph – e.g. XII – LXX (if the ages were twelve to seventy).

Subject / Concept

(What the project is about?)

In this project I want continue and expand on my pilot project, and explore the idea of ‘change’ and ‘transition’. In my pilot project I documented my younger sister and her transition between youth and adolescence. I was interested in how her innocence was quickly being replaced by puberty and the accompanying pressures of being a teen. I want to expand on this by exploring women all different ages that have had to adjust to change, e.g. widows, loss of child or family member, dealing with cancer and other illness, and documenting other major changes that may occur in their lives.

Aims

(What do you want to achieve?)

I hope to be able to capture and convey these different narratives within my photographs through portraits and still life images.

Context / Audience

(Where will it be seen / who is it for?)

As I have broadened my subject, and am not focusing solely on one person, I feel that the audience of my photographs will broaden also. I plan to present my work within the context of ‘wall’, although I would like to take images that work within the ‘page’ context too. Exhibitions do not last forever, therefore I feel that the context of a book is vital when it comes to photography, as it provides a physical existence once the exhibition is over, and makes photographs more accessible to people all over the world and not just within one gallery space.

Proposed form, medium, presentation

(How will you execute it and present it?)

As I feel comfortable and confident with working with medium format camera and film, I feel it is relevant and necessary to use this for my Final Major Project. Detail and quality are also an important factor for this project as I am planning to exhibit the results in A2/A1 size; therefore shooting on medium format will also allow me to achieve these results.