For this project we were encouraged to choose a current issue in the world that we wanted to find new ways to communicate and convince people to make a change. I couldn't really think of a personal topic that I could use so decided to choose something environmental as these are the sorts of images I enjoy illustrating and documenting photographically.
There were a few options I came across including volcanic activity and the effects on the surrounding communities. However I decided to choose coral bleaching and the destruction of reefs around the world as it is something I had briefly earned about at GCSE and wanted to find out more.
I initially experimented with creating imagery that compared a healthy reef with a bleached or dead one. The first idea I came up with was to compose the image inside a clock with the majority of the image inside being in colour with one of the hands of the clock seemingly revealing the same image underneath, only it is in black and white. Instead of making this a still image, I thought about making it into an animation where the viewer would be able to see the reef transform from a healthy environment into a dead one. As a result this looping animation would highlight the fact that time is running out if we want to preserve these environments and their ecosystems for future generations.
Looking back on the idea now I think it could have been quite affective and am a bit disappointed I didn't pursue it further for the only reason that I am not confident in producing work using this method...
However I did think the image of the skeletal fish fish was quite striking and might use it later on in my project to show the effect coral bleaching can have on other marine life that rely on coral for thinks such as shelter, protection and food.
Images of sketchbook research:
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