izzy forbes: in their room

What inspired this project?

This project was heavily inspired by Adrienne Salingers series of photographs titled 'in my room', which documented teenagers within their bedrooms, in the 1990's. Salingers ability to perfectly capture the subjects interests and personality through the interior design of their bedrooms was something I aimed to achieve through this series

What story do you hope these images tell as a series?

I hope these images tell a story of how teenagers in the modern day chose to express their interests through their own personal space. And also how important it is for teenagers to have a space to themselves, which is free of judgement from the outside world.

What's your favourite photo from the series and why?

My favourite photo from this series is probably the photo of Lily (@likyfashion) sat on her bed. This image is one of my favourites due to all the photographs and posters on the wall behind her. I feel like they depict her identity and artistic interests very well, whilst also not being a super distracting aspect of the image.

How did you initially get involved with photography?

I got into photography when I started at the brit school in year 12. As I had to start taking mass amounts of photographs for my projects and research I decided to start organising my own fashion related photoshoots out of school time. Not long after my first photoshoot I decided to create an instagram page to share my images to anyone who was interested and also to keep track of my progression over time. Once @film.iz was created I just kept organising photoshoots, and the rest is history.

Do you prefer shooting film or digital, and why?

As you may have guessed from my instagram handle, @film.iz I much prefer shooting film, whether that be 35mm, 120, or instant film. In all honesty before I started university this September I had never shot a photoshoot on a digital camera. This was due to the fact I always thought digital images were severely lacking in character and also thought if you have an unlimited amount of images available to take, your bound to get a good image. Whereas on film your confined to the amount of frames on your roll. Meaning you not only think more about the image your about to take but the likelihood of you getting a good image is much slimmer.