My Circular Narrative - Agoraphobia

The Photographs

Self Evaluation

For this Assignment, I had to do more research and be more creative. The first think that I had to face, was the true understanding of the narrative concept. I found it really difficult, not to understand the definition but the application. How would a picture reflect to a specific narrative?  I had to make a research to many photographers in order to explore how they work and think in order to capture photos with narratives. I found Gregory Crewdson very interesting and his videos helped me in a great way to understand his way of delivering narratives out of his pictures. Moreover I was inspired by him in thinking of an idea for my circular narrative. His series 'Beneath the Roses' had as a subject mental diseases. I developed some thoughts related to the mental state of a person in a certain situation. For that point I started developing my thoughts as I wanted for the narrative to reflect to the mental state rather than a physical action. Accordingly after finishing my presentation,  I prepare a synopsis telling a story of a girl and I wanted to deliver a story of her that would eventually take her to the starting point. I focused too much on the mental side of the story but I did not think about the delivery thought the circular narrative and after I received my feedback I see myself that the delivery would be hard to do successfully. The next idea was more depended on a physical action rather than the mind and the massage. I was following the instructions of making a simplest story and I made a narrative related to the selling of houses. I thought that the person would meet at the same point after completing specific actions as the selling and buying of a house is a never ending circle. However after the feedback I understood that there is no understanding of the reason and how my starting photo would be the ending point.  I had to think of a different story which was very difficult and I spend a few panic days as I was lost.  When I saw again my presentation and research I started developing an idea that would reflect both to the mental state and the actions. I was very happy for the fact that I thought about Agoraphobia. It saved me as I then concluded to my final idea.

I have no idea how I did as the fact that I had two previous failures in my preparation for the assignment. I struggled very much in thinking of a concept however I am happy for the final idea. It helped me very much in my development of my skills on delivering a photo that reflects to a narrative. Moreover I had the experience of challenging my creativity thinking and the elements that helps a photo delivering strong narratives. Even if I have no idea if I succeeded or not, I learned many things and would like to keep practicing in this aspect of photography as I think that strong photos are mostly those that have strong and clear narratives.  I have many things to learn.