One of the challenges I have found with my project has been to isolate a specific idea as the context of “The Space Between” became so broad and almost unwieldy. My mind mapping of ideas generated more mind maps and more ideas. However, I feel that the current situation we find ourselves in today, thanks to COVID19, I have found that I am now drilling down to a core concept.

I began this journey looking at the negative space between buildings, how this had an affect upon the human psyche. This was as much in response to what I saw around me, as it was my own personal feelings towards the sense of space or lack of. I then began to place people within those spaces, filling the void as humans often feel the need to do.

Now with the restrictions on travel and imposed social distancing I have had to take these factors into account when planning shoots. This began a fresh thought process, considering how others may interpret their individual positions. Subsequently I looked inward to my own feelings of separation, especially having learnt that my father had been taken in to hospital. How I felt formidably distanced, powerless, unable to travel to see him. Understanding that my situation isn’t isolated and their are thousands dealing with the same feeling, I have decided to use this context in which to research my project. The Space Between now becomes that of the space between us, be it the 2 meter social distance or the vast number of miles apart.

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