My ideas changed a lot. I decided to focus on my habits, as they define my living patterns, so I chose three significant ones from my life:
-Swinging on my swing in the backyard
- Listening to cassette tapes to fall asleep when I was little\
- Afternoon snack/ tea
tea research:
http://www.learn-about-tea.com/facts-about-tea.html
http://www.learn-about-tea.com/tea-types.html
http://souviatea.com/blog/2010/04/02/tea-traditions-around-the-world/
I also researched deguerrotype photos, especially portraits. They tended to be minimal in composition and a person would sometimes hold an object, and this object would in a way define the person, because there was little else in the picture. So I applied this to my piece in terms of showing my habits, by chosing objects to represent the habit.
Afternoon snack- teacup
Listening- old cassetter tape player
For swinging, I was inspired by early photography like this:
