WHAT IS HARAJUKU TO ME?

THROUGHOUT THIS MODULE I HAVE WIDENED MY KNOWLEDGE IN MANY WAYS. TO BEGIN WITH LEARNING ABOUT A SUBCUTURE SO UNKOWN AND FOREIGN TO ME HAS HAD A MASSIVE IMPACT ON MY STYLING AND ARTISITC SKILLS. THIS HAS BEEN DUE TO ME STUDYING A CULTURE INWHCIH I WOULDN’T HAVE NORMALLY CHOSEN. STUDYNG THE PLETHERA OF DIFFERENT SUB CULTURES WITHIN THIS SUBCULTURE, THE STYLES AND FASHION MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE ALL COME OUT OF THIS SMALL DISTRICT HAS COMPLETELY AWAKENED ME TO WHAT ELSE HAS HAPPENED AND IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD. IT WAS INTERESTING TO FIND OUT THAT MUCH LIKE OTHER COUNTRIES ROUND AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR JAPAN AND HARAJUKU IN PARTICULAR AFTER A COMPLETE GENERATIONAL WIPE WAS ABLE TO REBIRTH A NEW CULTURE. REINFORCING THIS I WAS INLIGHTENED BY THE WAY IN WHCIH SELF EXPRESSION AND IDENTITY WAS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR THE YOUTH OF THIS SUB CULTURE AND RESPECT HOW THIS ENTIRE SUBCULTURE WAS CREATED DUE TO OPPRESSION OF SELF ARTISTIC VISION AND EXPRESSION. I HAVE COME  TO REALISE THAT THE MAJORITY OF SUB-CULTURES ARE CREATED DUE TO COMMON INTEREST OR USUALLY BECAUSE OF AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE AND I BELEIVE THE WAY INWHICH HARAJUKU HAS HARBOURED MANY OF THESE LOST AND UNVALIDATED SUBCULTURES JSUT PROVES HOW MONUMENTAL IT IS AS NOT ONLY A GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE BUT ALSO A ENTIRE SUB CULTURE. THROUGH MY STUDYING AND RESEARCHING OF THIS SUB CULTURE I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE SOME OF MY OWN BEST WORK, SHOWCASEING THREE PHOTO SHOOTS EXPLORING EXPRESSION, COLOUR, SEX, ACCESORIES AND THE METAVERSE.

I CAN SAY THAT THIS MODULE HAS NOT ONLY REFINED SOME OF MY SKILLS SUCH AS EDITING BUT ALSO PUSHED THEM TO THEIR LIMITS. ALLOWING ME TO CREATE WORK WITH A NEW TWIST THAT I REALLY ENJOYED CREATING. THE WORKSHOPS ON TYPOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION ALSO SPARKED A OBSESSION AND INTEREST INTO THESE AREAS AND ALSO ELEVATED MY WORK WITH THE NUMEROUS HOURS TRYING OUT DIFFERENT FONTS AND FORMATS, AS WELL AS DRAWING STYLING IDEAS FOR MY SHOOTS.  THROUGHT OUT THIS PROJECT I HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO LINK BOTH HARAJUKU AND THE META VERSE INTO ONE IMAGE A MERGED ANALYSIS. I BELEIVE THAT THROUGH MY EXPERIMENTATION AND ATTEMPT TO CREATE A DISTORTED/ FUTURISTIC ACIDIC GALLERY OF WORK I WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE A VISSION INTO WHAT THE MIXTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE. FOR MY FINAL ZINE I WANTD TO PRIMARILY FOCUS ON MY SHOOTS AND THE WAYS INWHICH I PUSHED MYSELF BOTH WITH THE PUBLIC STREET PHOTOGRAPHY AND ALSO WITH THE EDITORIAL IMAGERY AS I BELEIVE THIS WILL GIVE THE MOST RAW INTERPRETATION OF BOTH OF THE SUBCULTURES AND SHOWCASE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO. EVIDENT THROUGH MY WORK I HAVE THOUGHRALLY ENJOYED THIS MODULE AND I BELEIEV MY OWN SELF EXPRESSION THROUGH MY WORK HAS CREATED AN INSIGHT INTO A CULTURE THAT MANY MAY OVERLOOK.  I LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING MY SKILLS FURTHER AND POTENTIALLY VENTURE INTO FILM AS THIS WAS ON OF THE MEDIUMS I WANTED TO ATTEMPT BUT IW ILL HAVE TO LEARN MORE ON THAT FRONT.