The final book that I have managed to create illustrates the story of a woman, Andrea, who managed to succeed in her life even if she's gone through some difficult moments from time to time.
The book takes you on a journey, Andrea's journey, and presents the most critical moments in her life and the thoughts she has to deal with in each situation. The book presents images to show the journey of Andrea but it also contains text to present and emphasize her emotions and her thoughts. It is about what she is going through every time her obsessions step in.
In order to produce this project, I considered my life story, everything that happened until now. If at the beginning I wanted to make this project something general, I decided then to make it personal as this way it will be stronger in the end. I considered everything I have been through and all the critical moments in my life and I tried to use that to build my character, portrayed by my friend, Andreea.
In order to be able to take my character further, because I am no where near the age of my mother, I considered her life story as well because it is said that women have to look at their mothers and they will find out how they will be in the future which is true in a way or another; it depends on each person. All the obsessions that I have chosen are not inventions of my brain, are not jokes nor loss of time. They were created from real facts, real events that happened either in my life or my mother's or both combined.
I also have chosen to consider the message that the society we live in promotes, those superficial values that are supposed to be taken for granted. By mixing all these 3 "elements", I have managed to create scenarios in which Andrea portrays each obsession to her best.
I tried my best as well to research all these ideas and to make my life easier but in the end the key was in digging even deeper and considering all the details related to those 3 "elements".
The book portrays real emotions in a real time.
All the images are connected and they try to show a continuous story.There are various props that appear in more than one image to show continuity in the journey as for example the teddy bear.
There is just one image in which another person appears because that is the most critical moment in her life that changes everything, changes Andrea's life. That's the point when Andrea goes back to normal, she is back on track. Because of that, I didn't want to have other people in the images - to show the importance of that moment.
Technically speaking, I went for natural light from beginning till end. Because the story was real I didn't want to use artificial light to ruin the message. I didn't want to create false aesthetics. I wanted all to be natural.
I have chosen to make a book instead of prints because simple prints wouldn't have managed to tell my story properly. It would have looked incomplete.
Overall, I am proud of myself and I am very happy I managed to finally make a good project that will last. From being confused to actually having an outcome, I managed to see how it is and how a good project is done. No matter the mark I will get, I am proud of it and it means a lot to me because in the end, the images reveal a part of me as well!!
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