For the first assignment we were asked to exchange photos of us growing up or photos from our home with another student who we didn't know and analyse the photos trying to figure out as much as we could about that person. It wasn't until i had already swapped my photos that i realised you were meant to swap with someone who had taken the same selection of photo as you, but by this stage it was too late as everyone had already swapped and i thought it would be better to do it this way than not at all.
I swapped with Sara Greenwood who studies textiles i didn't know her that well so was intrigued to know how much i could find out about her from just a few photos. As intriguing as it was i found this assignment a little weird at first as i felt like i was invading there privacy despite having permission from them to do so. I was also quite interested to find out how accurate Sara would be on her analysis of me.
While studying the photos i noticed that some were quite similar and gave off identical feels. From the photos the main points i made where that Sarah is quite friend and family orientated as there are pictures of her on holiday with her family and pictures of her at parties and sleepovers when younger and nights out. From the holidays photos i could guess that she was the eldest of two other siblings and the only girl, i also guessed that she was quite adventurous as a child as she is climbing on a fountain. She also appears to be quite caring and loving towards her siblings as she is holding and preventing one of her brothers from falling off the thing there sitting on.
The picture of her with a friends around the table suggests she was and probably still is quite girly as she is wearing a dress and has a pink princess birthday cake, her smile also suggests she was quite cheeky and possibly quite enjoyed getting her photo taken.
The picture with her friends and all the teddies on the floor with a duvet suggests she enjoyed having girly sleepovers with her friends and suggest her parents are quite laid back as they didn't mind her taken over the living room with all her friends. The teddy she is holding was probably her favourite at that time and the large TV and quite fancy fireplace suggests she is quite well off.
The picture of her dad when younger suggests she is a daddy's girl and she appears to look quite a lot like him.
The final and most recent photo of Sara and her friends at a bar suggests she like to go out, have a few drinks and have a good time with her friends, it also suggests she is still quite girly as she appears to be wearing a dress or possibly a fancy top.
After analysing the photos we were to meet up with our partners and discuss our findings. I was surprised to find that we were both very accurate in our results and everything we had guessed was pretty much spot on. I was amazed at how much you could tell about a person from just a few photos and how much your possessions and decor of a house gives away about you. Neither of us discovered anything about the other person that we didn't already know.
I found the whole process quite fascinating and definitely enjoyed taking part in it although i preferred being analysed than analysing someone else as i didn't really feel like it was my place.
Ethical issues may have arose if permission hadn't been given to publish the photos.
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