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For my final major project on the Kensington and Chelsea Art Foundation, I chose to explore the theme of storytelling. My initial research focused on folklore and the illustration associated with it - this lead to further exploration into different ways of presenting a narrative. (research can be found on submitted google docs files)

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From this, I developed an idea focussed around the anonymity of the people we see on the internet. Reference photos, models, even stock images - these are all images of people deprived of context, with no attached narrative. I wanted to look at how easy it would be to take portrait photos and transform the models into characters in an entirely different narrative. 

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This process began with finding the portraits. I then wrote a short text about each, suggesting a story through different styles of writing (investigative journalism, poetry, creative writing, interview transcripts etc), and produced a collage/ inspiration board for each to give some insight into the visual language i could use. Finally, I produced the story itself.

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