Magnum photos ran an exhibition in March 2018 called the home project where a selection of photographers, photographed their home/idea of home. Magnum quoted ‘”Home” is not only defined as a space for physical living. It holds various other associations that are emotional, biological, cultural and societal’. They allowed the photographers to openly interpret this idea surrounding home and explore what this meant to them personally. Mark Powers was one of those photographers and he photographed his family home in Brighton. I connected with Mark’s work on home a lot as he exlpored this idea of leaving home as his daughter was packing up and getting ready to move to uni. Having recently moved to uni myself I could really connect with the different feelings and emotions that the pictures expressed having experienced those very same emotions when I packed ip and left for uni. The project sees Mark photograph portraits of himself, his wife and his children as well as aspects of their home and the place they live. You can see the final selection of images chosen by Power through the link below:

https://www.magnumphotos.com/arts-culture/society-arts-culture/mark-power-leaving-home/

I plan to use Mark’s techniques to create my own story behind the pictures of my family and my homecoming over christmas.