The idea I had for my final photos was to photograph everything over the course of a week back at my parents house to show what being back in Nottingham made it home to me. But out of all the photos I took none of them kind of felt like home. My house, the local area, they weren’t really home to me anymore. But then I followed my brother around the garden and realised that what made it home was spending time with him. The fact that I’d come back and the first thing he’d want to do is show me something or play something or just sit and hang out.
The images show a form of innocence in a way but also a feel of wanting acceptance. ‘Look at me on the monkey bars, I bet I can get across them’ ‘I’ve never climbed that tree on my own but I can do it’. This is my favourite set of images I’ve taken in this module just because of how happy it makes me seeing my brother enjoy his childhood and be completely care free and in his own little world of enjoyment and play.
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