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I had multiple images from each location so this gave me choice. I have narrowed them down and have made slight changes on a few of the images of how I think they can be improved. I have eight final main images for my series. I would have probably had more, but unfortunately due to the Coronavirus outbreak I have not been able to go out and photograph.

Here is a link to my sub-series map images:

Maps

I decided I wanted to add another element to this assignment. I wanted to bring in the constant between the inequality and male dominance eluded to in my main images, and some how show my version of a strong women. I though about this for a long time and decided that I would use images of women from my family. These would come from my own family archive. This would allow the images to be more personal to me and keep to the fact that I am also on my own personal journey. They are my family, the women who have influenced me and made me me, they have ‘followed’ me on this journey, hence why I combined their images with the mapping images. Including the maps was always a part of my original plan, I feel this combination works well together. It shows the woman are following me on my journey as a woman through a male-dominated path.

Here is a link to the accompanying text:

Text

Again text was part of my original plan. I just wasn’t sure what it would say. I thought about maybe a poem, or a speech, but then I decided to keep to the religious theme and use quotes from the bible highlighting the inequality.

Now I have all of my images, I needed to think about how to set them out in a complete series. There are three parts to each image now, similar to a triptych format. Triptych usually has religious connotations, so is apt for my series. For this assignment, I have just set them out, but for my final submission I will sort-out a background for the images to settle on.

I have made some sketches and set the images to see how they look:

I have narrowed it down to two set-ups which I think will look suitable. Here’s the first:

Here’s the second:

Assignment Images

Here are my images as a complete series following the first format:

Location One

Location Two

Location Three

Location Four

Location Five

Location Six

Location Seven

Location Eight

Here are my images as a complete series following the second format:

Location One

Location Two

Location Three

Location Four

Location Five

Location Six

Location Seven

Location Eight

Here are the images by location (not in any format):

Location One

Location Two

Location Three

Location Four

Location Five

Location Six

Location Seven

Location Eight

Sub-Series

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Sub-Series

I felt that I still had more that I could add to my project. This actually coincided with the Coronavirus outbreak. I am having to shield so am unable to go outside and photograph more at the moment. I have always thought about bringing maps into my work, to reinforce the journey part and the give some context but without being too specific. I also thought about how I could contrast the inequality with ‘strong women’. I then had the idea to use images from my own personal archive of female family members and bring these in somehow.

My idea is to combine the map images and the female images together, to symbolise that my family, the strong women are with me on this journey.

Here is my post on my archive images.

I have used Ordinate Survey mapping and have printed them in colour and in black and white, to try and see which suits the format better.

Here is my post on my mapping and combining the images.

I will also be using text alongside my main image and side image, here is a link to my post on texts.

OS Mapping. At: https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk

Bibliography – OS Maps Download

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I have looked at different ways to include text in my work. There are many artists who have done the same.

I have thought about including the words to a poem, or something centred on inequality. But then I got thinking about the recurring themes in my work and decided to include quotes from the Bible. This means I can keep to a central theme with the quotes revolving around women, religion and inequality.

Here are some quotes I have found.

“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee” – Genesis 3:16

“And Adam called his wife’s name Eve” – Genesis 3:20

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection” – 1 Timothy 2:11

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence” – 1 Timothy 2:12

“And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression” – 1 Timothy 2:14

“Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law” – 1 Corinthians 14:34

“And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church” – 1 Corinthians 14:35

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord” – Ephesians 5:22

“For the husband is the head of the wife” – Ephesians 5:23

“let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing” – Ephesians 5:24

“to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands” – Titus 2:5

“being in subjection unto their own husbands” – 1 Peter 3:5

“For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man” – 1 Corinthians 11:8

“Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man” – 1 Corinthians 11:9

“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God” – 1 Corinthians 11:3

“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” – Genesis 2:18

“And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man” – Genesis 2:22

“she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” – Genesis 2:23

“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat” – Genesis 3:12

“And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife” – Genesis 3:17

“and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” – Acts 2:17

I am thinking of having the verses complete with where they can be found, or just the verse, or just the chapter and verse. I think these verses are a god contrast between the images and what the text says and the deeper meaning behind it.

I have tried different fonts to see which works best. Here is a sample of the ones I have tried:

I think I like this one the best:

I have put it next to my main image and the sub-series image and I feel it works. It has a classical feel to it without being too fancy. You can understand it and it looks good. I did try and handwrite the quote but it just didn’t look right, overall I prefer the computer generated font. It just looks better in my opinion.

I need eight quote for my eight main images. I narrowed them down by comparing the quotes with the mapping images that I have created. I wanted them to fit together, so tried to match the quotes with the complete mapping images. Here is a link to the mapping images that I created:

Maps

Update – 1st of July

Following the feedback from my tutor, I have changed the text. I tried to find a text close to that of the Bibles. I found the following. I think it suits the text better than the one I had. I have also resized them in portion to my images.

Update for Final Assessment

I have taken onboard my tutor’s feedback and changes the font to a more greyer tone. This does improve the look significantly. Here is the finished text: