My ideas for this project were inspired by photographer Mark Power, who took part in a project called “26 Different Endings” in Spring 2003 (see images below). The idea of this project was to capture where the roads of London end using the ‘A-Z London Street Atlas’. I thought that his idea was very clever and very interesting so I decided to interpret it in my own way.
Final Idea
I moved to Lincoln at the age of 10. Since I’ve lived in this city, I’ve moved around an awful lot and for every house that I’ve lived in, as a family we have made it into a ‘home’. I wanted to capture all of the houses that I’ve previously lived in in Lincoln to show that ‘home’ is everywhere, ‘home’ follows you, wherever you decide to take it. We all have certain habits or comforts that make us feel ‘at home’, the house itself is irrelevant.
I have decided to display these houses in chronological order to add meaning and show my personal journey through my time here living in Lincoln.
Not only did I decide to take photos of the houses that I’ve lived in, I decided to take a photo of each street name too.
I think that the street name posts are very effective when they are grouped together. Just by looking at the state of the road sign, you can already get an impression of what the area is like. It is also interesting to see if people who don’t know the areas can correctly match the road signs with the houses, because it’s actually not that obvious for some of them.
Initial Idea
My initial idea was to take photos that reminded me of home when I went on holiday to Tenerife. I only managed to take a couple of photos of things that reminded me of home so I decided not to go along with this idea anymore.
Family
Family is something that is really important to me. I went on holiday with my Mum and Sister, who I used to live with at home so being with them is like being at ‘home’ no matter where the location.
My car
Seeing another Fiat 500 in the exact same colour as mine reminded me of home. I love driving and it reminded me how much I missed it.
