Initial Ideas

We were given the theme of Self Portrait, and we could interpret this as we wanted. I decided to look at it from a different perspective. I thought it would be quite interesting to look at things from the idea of peoples possessions, and I began to research some artists who photographed peoples possessions. I thought it was a really interesting idea, not knowing the subject at all, what they looked like, what their story was, what their personality was like etc, just seeing these objects they owned and wondering the story behind each.

Foster Huntington - The Burning House
This was a project where Huntington asked the question; if your house was going up in flames and you had a few minutes to gather up a few things to save from the fire, what possessions would you choose?
People were then asked to send in their response.

I found these images really interesting due to the variety and diversity of the items in each photo. The fact that we don't see who these people are, we have no reference other that these items on which to form an opinion on, and no context as to why these people chose this objects which I find really fascinating. There is a lot of intrigue behind these photos, and the lack of a story provided with each image gives you the freedom to imagine your own story behind the items which I find quite refreshing.