Using influences from Roland Barthes, I feel that my images will (hopefully) create an intense 'punctum' (the defining element of an image that 'pierces' the spectator) for the viewer. I cannot say what these punctums may be, as they are always subjective to each individual viewer.
I feel that I've successfully captured subtle hints of Arlo's child innocence. I like the fact that the viewer can view the images in their own individual way, finding their own opinions of what makes each particular image relatable to childhood. As David Bate states 'the meanings of [images] are always corrupted by these processes of spectatorship, such that the viewer invests their meaning based on their relationship with the signifying element of the extant portrait'. This statement implies inherently with my project - I have created a set of images that viewers can view in their own individual way; I am not forcing them to think in any particular manner.
I hope my photographs will enable people to feel something - whether that be nostalgic, in awe, happy or sad - ultimately I have created something that everyone can relate to: childhood.
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