Mood Board Inspiration (Pre-Shoot)

    Before I pursued my photoshoot, I decided to create a series of mood boards so that I could gather new and fresh ideas to inspire me for my ideas using my accessories. To begin with, my accessories related to themes such as 'Animal Cruelty' and 'Textures', thus I had to think of a location, style and much more to fully construct my shoot. I particularly enjoyed creating a mood board for my location, although I already had my mind set on a location, hence I created a mood board revolving around it, which was a Hydraulic Power Station in Wapping, East London. This location has a personal attachment to me because it was literally right behind my house, due to my house being the stations' owners ex-household. My childhood home was constructed in 1891, thus I assume it was around the same time the station was built, but it was known for being the main power source which lifted the London Bridge gates to allow trade ships to pass in and out of London. If I could have done anything different, it would have been to perhaps move my location to somewhere such as a playing field or junk shop, so it could relate to close spaces and entrapment, not to mention rails, gates, wires and more to relate to animal cruelty.

    I gathered many images from the Uni's library, also from the latest editions of Vogue, which I felt had really captivating secondary images. I also thought that it would be a good idea to include some of my own primary images, which were polaroids, but it gives me a sense of emotion relating to fear or tight spaces due to little lighting and a vast amount of dark areas. Moreover, I added a lot of industrial images to relate well to the power station, although it would have been hard to find images specifically related without using the internet. Nonetheless, these were all primary and secondary images from books and magazines, I also managed to gather some quotes and interviews, although they're on separate page. It was truly amazing to be reunited with my childhood memories and locations and I felt privileged to be back. Moreover, the location was also doing a film production at the same time, so I was immensely lucky to have been able to use this space and it truly did come to my advantage!