Photographic Works from the Original Journal

From the first journal I started with, I had created several photographs from them, juxtaposing / contrasting / playing around with the entries I had gotten. I used the simple yellow post-it note motif to further emphasize the anonymous person's past or present dream and ambition entry.

I did experiment with putting myself in the composition because from the feedback I received from my colleagues was that because of the lack of the person / people in the photograph - it disconnects the audience from being able to relate to the project. I'm hoping to be able to stage some photographs or create certain scenarios / situations and then add on to that photograph by using again the post-if note motif - however, I'm also beginning to ask myself questions such as 'is the yellow motif necessary?' , 'does it make it too obvious?' , 'what happens when I exclude it?' - these are all different directions in my photography that I will also be further exploring and experimenting with.

The Beginning of the Dreams and Ambitions Project : Where has it progressed from here ?

I had decided to start a separate blog for this project - because I'm hoping for it to become publically known on a large-scale that will encompass more attention as it is further advertised, discussed and more 'out there' as time progresses.

Originally, my project started with collecting the past and present dreams and ambitions of people I knew - and collecting them in a small black and pristinely kept journal. It was after a group discussion with my colleagues that sparked the idea of creating more of these 'Dreams and Ambitions' journals and spreading them in and around several public places. At first, I was hesitant to do this, because it would be a huge gamble - whether they'd get lost, damaged, vandalized etc. However, I decided to get over this fact, and challenge myself to do it, together with documenting everything before leaving it behind.

With the entries I have gotten in my first and initial journal, I began to experiment with them - thinking of ways to juxtapose / contrast / play around with them to create new photographic compositions. I'm hoping to do this as well with the public journals that I plan on leaving around several public places. 


On every journal that has been made, I have left an email and a 'return' area on the last page - hoping that people will be kind enough to notify me when the journal is fully finished for it to be picked up.


Thank you all for your time.