I feel this photography project has really interested me the whole way through and I like the way it developed further than I initially planned. I began with the intention of focusing on traces that people are not aware they leave but this was simply going to be a documentation set of images. However through experimentation I developed this further adding more meaning to it. I now like how my work looks ascetically but also the meaning it has. It shows you the negative impact we can have on our planet and also shows us that however much we try and control what we leave behind in terms of memories when we die there is always a certain amount of negativity we leave through things like mass consumerism and mass wastage. I feel like these left over plates were the best option as my final set because it gave a more focused outcome and also help create a nice metaphor where by the plates represent our pure planet and then all the leftover and rubbish upon show you how humans taint this planet.
Ascetically I decided after further tutorials and research that my images would work with as lot of brash and bright colours along the lines of Richard Billingham and William Eggleston. I feel this would help bring out the harsh reality of the pictures and create more of an impact on the viewer. I feel if they were black and white or even muted tones then they wouldn't have said the message properly either because they would have become more like works of art just to be looked at which I don't want. I wanted them to have this Billingham harsh documentation reality about them.
There were a few things I would change and developed further given the circumstances which would be that firstly I felt with more time I could have produced a better variety of finals. I did my last shoot over two days in the canteen at lunch to try and gain some variety in textures and colours of food and leftovers however I feel like they did begin to look a bit too similar. To avoid this I could have spanned across even more lunch times and days given me much more variety however because of time constraints this wasn't a possibility at the time. However if I did it again I think I might look into better and different locations for example I could ask at other places that sell food about taking pictures of the leftover plates. This would have given me more variety not only in look but also in meaning because it would be different sets of people were as mine is only student leftovers. I feel like if I had time to develop it finding new locations would be the way forward. I also wish I had a chance to re-print my work ready to exhibit because even though I made the colours the right brightness and saturation on screen once printed them seemed to be a bit duller than I intended but due to lack of funds I could not re-print. Also if I had the time and money I feel like I would have made my one larger print a A2 instead so that the two squares (one made of the 4 and one single) would be the same size exactly as intended. I got confused with sizing when planning it and then I didn't have the funds available to pay for an A2 print so I have had to make it different sizes which still works but doesn't flow as nicely on the eye.
Overall this project has really interested me letting me take a reflection on the world around me this time rather than myself. I also feel like I have managed to produce something which is successful to the theme and also creates a good meaning. I would like to have the time to develop this further in the future.
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