Visual Techniques and Style Choices
In terms of style, I’m leaning toward a poetic visual approach. Here are some choices I’ve committed to:
Warm Tones: To suggest nostalgia, comfort, and emotional distance.
Selective Focus and Blur: These will represent the imperfection of memory—how some things stay sharp, while others fade.
Framing: I’m experimenting with doorways, window frames, and street corners to symbolise transitions and boundaries.
Overlay and Collage: Key to representing the layering of past and present, especially when using personal photos over urban scenes.
I’m not aiming for visual perfection. Instead, I want to embrace fragmentation and emotional ambiguity. That means allowing flaws, leaving rough edges, and intentionally using “imperfect” compositions. In a way, the project mimics how we remember: non-linear, emotional, and selective.
