W7 PROJECT #4: Planning (1/4)

So far I've planned out some of the structure related to these books.

Both books naturally fall into conversation with each other. Book one is more of a surface level, "industrial" look into the individual, while the second book is more personable. Since the first book replicates the first meeting of a person--you know their face, maybe what they're wearing--the second book, being representational of the individual without their face has inherently more depth. My plan for both of them keeping this in mind is as follows:

BOOK 1: 

Photos that don't represent me, but are of me. This will be both an assortment of found photos (of myself, of course) and taken ones. I really don't like my ID card photo, and the idea of having it at 8.5x11" is unnerving. I strongly dislike being on camera. I'm hoping to play off of this, and starting with a photo that doesn't "look like me" and distorting it until I feel it is representational. My plan for this book is significantly more vague and I will likely change my plan as I work. The changes will be a combo of photoshop editing and physical editing once the books are printed.

BOOK 2: 

I'm aiming to represent my thoughts & interests through this book. I plan on collecting photos of myself when I was younger engaging in things I found interesting, and then showing objects or memorabilia of that time to see what remains. This might be dinosaur figurines, tape marks on my wall, old journals, etc. I also plan on doing the inverse--taking photos of recent interests and then moving backwards and finding things from my childhood that hints towards me developing that interest. 

For now, I'm attempting to create a roadmap of my interests. Fortunately they are nearly drastic, extreme, shifts in interest. I tend to drop old interests entirely when I pick up a new one. Sometimes this doesn't happen, though. For example I've been at least somewhat interested in birds consistently in my life. Tying this into the "sequence" aspect of the theme, I will need to find a way to tie it in. But that's a problem for later me!