As this investigation project rolls on, I am beginning to evaluate what it is I would like to get out of it. In doing this I have been stripping my investigation back to thinking about what I enjoy doing and what I am passionate about, both within Fashion Communication and outside. In previous years my focus has had a greater emphasis on pressuring myself into achieving what I thought I should be creating from an outsider perspective within the course and in comparison to my peers.
Following on from my placement year within Arts and Culture PR, the Covid-19 pandemic, and seeing my boyfriend make a career out of sharing his passion through social media I have gained a different perspective. This is also of an increased importance to me, due to my epilespy diagnoses which I am learning and adjusting to live with. I have several seizures daily, that are often invisable to the untrained eye but for me cause dissorientation, confusion and isolation mentally. These are increased by stress and tiredness. What helps me destress is spending time, outside, helping other people and animals/ nature. This being said I aim to incorperate these things into my FMP, Essay and Business.
I have relealised that I most enjoy photography and styling in a Tim Walker style as he uses his camera, set design and creative process as a form of escapsim, and insists you must “Only photograph what you love” using it as a form of escpasism. His images have a dreamlike style with a detatched from reality and creating a fantasy more playful obscure world. Follwing on from this what my HCS essay my title is – Understanding the impact Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has had on Fashion Photography in the last 20 years.” Within this I will be exploring these themes of escpasim and how Carroll uses his writing as a documentation and expression of this. This is particulalry prominent to me as Focal Seizures are often connect and feel like Going down the rabbit hole. Written in 1865 the book was very much before it’s time in it’s underlying themes of mental illness, making it still of great significance today.
Withing my business I am creating a sub-brand to Urban Outfitters called Urban Outdoors, encouraging and making outdoor shoes more accessible, a form and function focus onto spending time within the outdoors. Something young people are finding a greater importance in.
Within my FMP I am going to explore the above themes of Escpasim, Nature and Wildlife appreciation, slowing down taking time for what you care and are passionate about looking at how this can be incorperated into your work and interviewing people who have made a jump to do, even if their hobbies are passions are unique. Currently I think the best way to achieve this would be within a magazine. The magazine would include interviews, Photography exploring nature and photography, raising awareness, and slow living.
During my tutorial with Eloise, I Shared images from my first experimental shoot, shot in the Lake District exploring the relationship between people, fashion and the outdoors.