As my intended project is to be based on an ambiguous sense of cultural identity I therefore carried out some research on culture itself, and objects that represent it. I decided to first look for images that represent Turkish culture as this is something that reflects my personal position in society. I will not necessarily just include objects in my final project (I fully intend to take portraits also!) but it is good to get a general idea for what I may include, and how I may also try and present these objects in a way that conveys this sense of feeling out of place:
In addition to this I have taken a look at objects that effectively represent British culture so that I may find a way to contrast the representations of both cultures to therefore hopefully evoke a sense of uncomfortable ambiguity:
These are just a few ideas for what I believe to be good representations of the two conflicting cultures that I want to portray. Obviously I won’t just be taking pictures of tourist-style objects! I hope to photograph and arrange some of these in such a way that creates an uncomfortable contrast to create a sense of ambiguous tension. My previous research of ‘things out of place’ should help me to gain a clearer picture to achieve this. I also hope to use people to portray this, but it is important to me to include objects of culture to effectively reflect my own personal experience.
Photography- Alpay Dedezade 