Growing up in France (as I have mentioned a few times by now), I learnt a lot about Greek Mythology. My french teacher - Mr Evain, was very passionate about the stories and legends within this topic, I used to adore the way he would tell the stories and it always made me so so interested in learning more about it. Sadly Mr Evain passed away a few years ago as he was very unwell, so I would like to make this project as a sort of homage and thanks to him for telling these stories and for making them so interesting.
I really struggled with finding an idea for this project, I spoke to a few people, and one, in particular, told me to take a step back and just let the Universe bring something may way. Which, in itself reminded me of an audiobook I am listening too currently - Mythos by Stephen Fry. I remembered how much I love this topic, and always have, so I decided it would be so fun and creative to let my imagination have fun and make something enjoyable as my final project!
I was so caught up in trying to find something ‘phototherapy’ related and had this idea in my head that I would need to make it about mental health and my past traumas etc but didn’t realise that Photography in itself is a form of therapy for me, having fun and being creative makes me want to get out of bed in the morning. So I believe this will in fact be a good form of phototherapy.
Seen as Greek Mythology is a very wide subject, I am going to find a specific subject whose story I would like to tell, I am thinking along the lines of Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty or Poseidon - God of the sea as these are the two who I always found very interesting. With Poseidon, I have Percy Jackson - The Lightning Thief (one of my favourite films) which would help with visuals and so on, but doing some research into Aphrodite, it is stated that they had an affair in which they had one child - Rhode protector goddess of the island of Rhodes in Greek mythology. So, I am thinking I could form a project based on this story and its surroundings
The visuals of the project will be a big mixture of incidentals, portraits, landscapes, abstracts and lots of gold. My plan is to have fun and really enjoy this project and just to learn more about this topic.