An Artist Statement is an introduction to your work and a chance to explain your project. Write about your Photographers and Theme - explain which artists and issues have influenced you and why you have made the decisions you have about the journey of your project.

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This will bring attention to all of the Assessment Objectives…

A01: Artist and theme influence through the project

A02: Refining your skills and ideas

A03: Recording your ideas in visual (and written) form

A04: Presenting your project journey and final outcome

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You are welcome to add photos of your work or artist’s work to this.

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Paragraph 1: Theme

My portfolio project explores the theme of ……

Within this theme I have chosen to focus on …………

This theme comes through in my work by…..

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Paragraph 2: Artist Responses

I have been influenced by the artists….. , ..... and .....

[Artist 1 Surname] has inspired my work …………

and you can see this by the way I have…………………………………………………………

[Artist 2 Surname] has inspired my work ……………………………..……………………………….……..

and you can see this by the way I have………………………………………………………....

[Artist 3 Surname] has inspired my work ……………………………..……………………………………..

and you can see this by the way I have………………………………………………………....

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Paragraph 3

To further my project I took photographs of ……………………………………..

I did this by considering (lighting, background, scale, focus, zoom etc) …………

This meant that I could use them to………………………………………………………

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Paragraph 4: Developments

You don’t have to use exactly these starters in exactly this order, but make sure you really explain what and why you did things and how it turned out!

My development work depicts (shows)………………………………………………………..………………………...

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I used this media because…

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In development 1 I….. (layout, colour, scale, size, WWW, I was less happy with ? so I decided to……)

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In development 2 I….. (layout, colour, scale, size, WWW, I was less happy with ? so I decided to……)

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In development 3 I….. (layout, colour, scale, size, WWW, I was less happy with ? so I decided to……)

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Paragraph 5: Final Piece

In my Final piece I….. (layout, colour, scale, size, WWW, I was less happy with ? so I decided to……)

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My Development work is of...

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In development 1 I... (layout, colour, scale, size,

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What went well was...

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I wanted to improve... do in my next development I decided to...

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