1. Studying the idea of time, rather than
the technicality.

2. These images were taken by Julian Germain over eight years that he spent with a
quiet, elderly man called Charles Snelling, who lived alone in a small house in
Portsmouth. He named this project ‘For every minute you are angry you lose sixty
seconds of happiness.’ Shortened to ‘Every sixty seconds’. With this image I like
how the artist caught it when the weather was grey and rainy and quite miserable –
matching the emotions shown on the subjects face.
The angle of view in this image makes the viewer
feel as though they are looking at the subject
from a purely observational standing, and that
the subject has no notion that they are getting
their picture taken. I’m interested in this
image because the juxtaposition of an elderly
man driving a car creates a dynamic sense
of time.

3. This image is very unique as not
many project centre around one
person would take in to
consideration their own
photographs and the meanings it
would have on their lives. By
doing this I feel as though this
project has been given a better
feel of a documentary style as it
looks into the past of the subject
being photographed.
The warm lighting of this image
also helps to give it an
atmosphere of old memories, as
thought the viewers are looking
back at good times along with
the man who the photo belonged
to.

4. I really like the idea of catching
someone in the middle of an
everyday activity such as
drinking tea. I believe it gives a
feel of common ground that
helps you see the person as they
really are and allows you to get
a feeling of what they are like
and how they live their life.
Even things such as this man’s
shirt, which is very old fashioned
and something you could expect
from a grandfather figure, to the
floral cup, which is quite
humours in the way it
contradicts his serious
expression, and also the
cluttered background. All of this
things helps to set the
environment that is this mans
home.

5. Again I feel as though this image gives a
sense of an average life, and supports
the idea of a documentary style. It gives
another look into the subjects life and
his interests, such as gardening, which
can be seen from the green house and
flower beds. Gardening can also be seen
as a lost art as many people can’t afford
houses that have such gardens, but
rather live in apartments, let alone
using green houses for things such as
vegetables, as prices for groceries are
cheap and affordable – meaning there is
no need for people to grow there own.
This photo has again captured the
contrast of different times in the same
world, and how one persons sees an
average home, were another sees an
archaic environment.

6. These images were taken by
Marjolaine Ryley, and the
portfolio is called Villa Mona. I
feel as though the low angles
that this picture was taken from
allows the viewer to observe the
image in a younger perspective,
as though they were a child
again roaming their own house.
The soft colours, and soft light
too, help portray the happy
atmosphere. And a sense of
general familiarity could be
seen, as though everyone has
had this outlook of things at
least once that they can
remember.

7. Again this image seems to take a
child’s point of view as the camera
was very low and close to the table
when taking this picture. The focus
on the toast and the blur of both
the foreground and the background
make the image seem almost as
though it’s a memory that the
viewer is flashbacking to. The focus
of the breakfast also brings up the
idea that the smell of food can
resurface a memory from as long
ago as childhood.
By looking at the image with this
mind set, it could be taken as a
metaphor of how time can pass and
change things, but memories will
always stay equal and intact.

8. With this image other people can
be seen, though their faces have
been carefully hidden from view
by the underneath of the table.
This again leads people to think
that these photos are from a
child’s perspective. So far in
these images parts of the house
such as the sink and the table
cloth have given of an old,
vintage style, and the settings of
this photo is no different. The
way these people are dressed can
suggest that this is from a long
time ago. And possibly these
people aren’t alive anymore,
giving a foreshadowing to the
careful blocking of their faces.
This could be the only thing that
time has taken away from the
owner of these memories.