PHO705 FMP Beginnings

Wendy and I discussed the initial ideas around my proposed FMP.I mentioned how I felt it was a natural progression through my previous modules work and a result of learning outcomes. Many of these ideas stem from ideas I have had for many years,it feels great to start to actually formulate plans to execute them,this being the first of many I will realise in some form. Interestingly I now realise some of these ideas will only benefit from time and in many ways i’m glad I did not attempt them decades ago.Whilst not being directly autobiographical this one in particular is very much rooted in my upbringing and life experiences. I plan to work with two working mens clubs both in different locations and both that reflect different demographics,both reflect different times of my life . There is so much to write about but briefly I want it to be a celebration of working class life but also a look at how I personally whilst still identifying as such made a conscious decision to leave that world a long time ago,probably starting earlier but using my 18th birthday and the gifts I got at a springpoint.I’m looking to explore my relationship with both worlds and how I find it difficult to straddle both mentally. How it has affected my mental health ,my perception of myself ,self doubt and the notion of dominant identity.

Wendy recommended some practitioners working in similar fields who I have researched Chris Coekin and David Moore being two that really have helped me to start to focus the project from being an idea that was wide spread in the outcomes I was trying to achieve. There are so many parts of the puzzle that lend them to telling my own story I’m exited to get going,even down to fact that both places are places that coincidently relate to my early life and also my fathers before we as a family left the area,I had not really given them much thought before they are just local to me now,I think it was meant to be.

I had made a start shooting previous to our meeting and will continue whilst at the same time developing the methods . By the time I meet with Wendy again I will have made this succinct plan based on extra research and will have more images to show.