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Last week during the hand in period for our previous project we were introduced to the themes behinf our FMP- different surroundings, body language and support. We made A2 mind maps around each theme as a group and discussed photos that fit the theme. We also discussed how our work is assesed and the stages of planning.                 On friday I took a day off school to strike for the climate change march and spent the day shooting. The next day I also photographed the UN march against racism- All of this in preparation for the project I am considering- Protests.

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Photo from the counter orotest of the counter to the UN anti racism march.

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Photo from The Student strike against cliamte change.

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Have stuck in my work from the student climate protest and started annotating.
Have picked up the color film I sent to proccess at boots and stuck that in too.
Make sure all the mind maps for the themes is written into the first pages of my book.
Begin researching artists that fit into the themes: Body language, support and different surroundings.

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Last week I officially started my FMP and jumped into photographing and researching artists that linked to the themes: Support, different surroundings and  body language. I chose two artists as a starter, Lewis Khan and his project "Love time" a portrait of our NHS and the photographer Syd Sheldon and his famous photography of the Rock Against racism movement. Lewis Khans portrayal of the hospital he stayed as artist in residence at links very well to themes of support. "It is a compeling insight into the experiences of the doctors and nurses striving to keep the NHS on its feet" This is a very relevant reality in our current political climate at a time where the NHS is threatened by privatisation and underfunding and Brexit is revitalising anti immigrant hate, which may affect the over a hundred thousand foreign NHS workers of which 60 thousand are from the EU. I plan to go to the upcoming Brexit peoples vote march this month to capture some of this.  Syd Sheldon's work on Rock Against Racism focuses on the anti fascist punk rock movement of the late 70s, its this continuing battle against raciscm which I hope i recaptured In my recent photo shoot of the Stand up to racism march.
We also recently started to get on with our project proposal form which includes three sections, a rationale, a project concept and a conclusion, aswell as a Project Action Plan and Timetable which we were encouraged to fill in preperation for the next 8 weeks.

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Finished annotating my first research tasks and the parts of my Project proposal and timetable I need done.
Annotate the sheets from elenas lessons that link to our themes.

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Award winning portrait from Lewis khan's "Love time"

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Award winning portrait from Lewis khan's "Love time"

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Here is the audio recording from my crit.

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Here is the audio recording from my crit.

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Last week I shot the Brexit peoples vote march, I am yet to stick any of the photos in from the march yet however I have finished annotating all my research tasks and wrote my project proposal.
In elinas lesson we were told to pick a book from the library to read up on and explore our themes. Straight away I tried to look for photo books that included scenes of protest in any context. I ended up taking five books out mostly focused on war/street photography however only one of the books, photographing 80s Iran came close to photographing protest in action. After a quick read I returned all these books for one of Elinas the Astrid Proll Baader Meinhof photobook  featuring an insider photografical account of the far left millitant RAF in 70s 80s Germany.
I Wrote a short peice on my thoughts on the book and how i felt it linked to the themes we were given.
I should mention I was inspired to pick up this book after we visited the Photographer gallery earlyer on this week. I also began creating a couple of pages in my book talking about my experience of visitng the latest exhibitions and how they link to the themes.

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Last week I finaly picked up color film (students climate protest) from boots and I stuck in the prints that came back with my film. I even cut out some of the subjects in the photos that i think worked better without their surroundings and stuck them in. I started annotating around them.
I Finaly got the digital full frame photos from the first march from the fellow students sd I borrowed and stuck in the photos.
I also cut out and began to stick in some of the photos from the Stand up to racism march in preparation for my Crits.

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Page of notes on Lewis Khans "Love time"

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Page of notes on Lewis Khans "Love time"

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Finished all the anotation for the pages on my visit to the photographers gallery.
Start editing and picking out my favourite photos from the Brexit peoples vote march ready for sticking in.
Pick up coulor film from (student climate strike ) boots.
Get Photos from first and second student climate march, brexit and stand up to racism protests printed ready to stick in.

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Completed all the annotation for the protest shoots I just stuck in.
Print out my best photos from all of the marches I have been to so far in preparation for sticking in and annotating during easter break.
Print some more artist research for sticking in over the easter break

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Last week I spent the majority of my first easter brake week relaxing, but I also in my free time put some time into working on my book. I finished annotating the digital shots from the first protest and the Stand up to racism march. I printed out an article from the observer to put next to the SU2R march titled "Rise in UK use of far right online forums as anti Muslim hate increases" I felt the article fit well with the theme and acompanied it well as a peice of research.
Finaly I printed and stuck in some of Don Mcullins protest photography ready for annotating.

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Finished annotating the don mcullin   artist research page and observer article.
Have the best of my Brexit march photos, some more research and the photos from the second student climate protest stuck in and start annotating.

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Last week I neatend up what I had stuck in so far in my sketchbook.
I finished annotating my research pages and moved on to annotating the best pictures from the Brexit peoples vote march. I also on a free page after that stuck in some different headlines from different online news articles from all sides. After that I finished annotating the photos from the second student climate march.

I also went on a photoshoot/day trip focused originally on photographing the protests outside the isreali embassy.
In the end I actually walked from tottenham court road station where i bought a roll of hp5 to Barons court. On this day trip I bumped into multiple protests including a pro brexit, vegan and cameroonian embassy demonstration. In the future i should probably be more organised so I can actually arrive on time to the march, however my sporadic exploration actually led to a very diverse photoshoot with loads of different protests and stories and a good bit of excercise.

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Last week I watched the award winning selma, a film set around the three peaceful marches into Selma, Alabama lead by Martin Luther King Jr and others which contributed to the passing of the Voting rights act, which without such an act black citizens in Selma were blocked from voting.
I added this alongside some photos from Bruce Davidson as research in my book, the imagery of the film tied in very well with my themes Body language and especially support as well as the project as a whole.
I visited one of the final Extinction rebelion demonstrations and photographed as much as I could, later printing out and sticking the photos into my book.
I also did some more research this time focusing on one of my recent favourite photographers, Charlie Kwai. Kwai's photography is very striking and in some ways quite similar in the candid sense to my own photography and body language is a key theme next to society.

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book spread

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Finished annotating all previous work unfinished in my book as well as all the more recent Photos i stuck in.
I want to have finished making my final piece which I have decided I want to be a photo book and have sent that off to order
Prepare to do more Research and some more last minute sticking in.

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Last week I created and made my final piece which is a photo book and sent it off to order.I used the Vista Print Website as I liked the quality and pricing.  I experimented with different styles before hand looking at different examples of photobooks for research. I was inspired by my favourite Don Mcullin book to make the book black and white This also held up consistency wise as the lighing was often very different between protests. I also experimented with different layout styles before sending the book off to order, what I ended out with was a page layout displaying multiple different techniques of printing and placing images including, full double page spreads, multiple image pages and full page bleed without borders. I also expermented with and without annotating/descriptions and the final compromise was to only annotate certain photos with more interesting context/background.
That week I also Finished annotating some of the artist researchs from last week

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Create a unique photo book and make your memories last a lifetime! Photo album books make perfect gifts for loved ones or keepsakes for yourself. Choose a style book that suits your needs and create a bookstore quality book today.

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Last week I added a few last minute artist researches, I stuck in some of Alejandro Cegarras photography that focuses allot on the heated politcal climate of his home country Venezuela. Allot of his photography features protest of akind which of course links straight to my project. Obviously the surroundings and situation of his photos are of a much more serious nature but I can still see similarities in framing and link my work to his.
I also was recomended to watch the french drama film La Heine which is set around a very crucial 24 hours in the lives of three young men from a very poor suburb of Paris. Taking place after a riot in their Projects where a local arab boy has been hospitalised, the film follows the main characters as they become further uncomfortable in their surroundings, hounded by police and their journey is full of unfortunate blunders with dangerous consequences. I was very impressed with the film, I especially apreciated the directing and camera work using different lenses for example to isolate them in their surroundings in central paris and wider lenses to communicate their closeness to the suburb they grew up in. I also loved the Artistic choice fot the film to be all in black and white, while it was filmed in colour this was later changed in post to highlight the actually very somber and sad story and match that mood.
Aswell as those final two research tasks I set out to reach above the bar and make a second final peice this time in the form of a large print to go alongside the book. I made a selection of 8 of my favourite photos that i thought would look good and represent my project theme well printed big and put on the wall at the exhibition. I then left it down to my classmates to narrow down the option to 3 of the photos which worked out well the majority of the people voting choosing the same 3 photos interestingly.

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Completeley finished all the annotation from last week that I have not yet done and get it clear out of the way before deadline.
Why not do another research task to add a bit more depth behind my project and fill my second book.
Start considering another way I can present my work at the exhibition alongside the book which will not arrive untill after deadline (expected).

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La haine: Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. With Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili. 24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot.

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Finished all my annotation for my artist research and everything unfinished from before.
Write a conclusion on the final image selection.
Start printing out the process that went into making my photo book ready for annotating.
Brainstorm ideas to really boost my FMP in the last week.