I have sat back and reflected upon my first draft of Assignment 1 and on the opinions of others on the OCA discussion forum where I asked for some peer review.
While I stand by my opinion that the 2 sets show 2 sides to Pattaya, I do think and this is reflected in the opinions of other students that there is not enough information to show what I am driving at. That images to capture and place at different times perhaps not from a different side not enforcing the how an image can be polysemous.
I received from great feedback and opinions from other students which I have taken on board, however, I think as a diagnostic assignment of my ability I feel that it would be counterproductive to my own development to drastically change the idea for submission as this could lead to a sense of false confidence going in to the next stage of the course.
I have reviewed my images and feel that they will be better presented as diptychs and with a better title. The title will be “This is the life; this is life”, reflecting how the different group see each day. Reviewing the pictures as diptychs has made me ensure that each picture has a matching pair and this has lead to the removal of the Gogo bar logo and the girl on a motorbike, these do not add to the sets.