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I have been on the Daily Mail website, and have been looking into the story of Geoff and Jennifer, whose Mother was a compulsive hoarder when they were children, so much so that they moved away from the family home and never returned until she passed away. It was an interesting series to research, and made me feel a strong sense of emotion and understanding about why people struggle so much with a hoarding problem. Although it is not seen as a common illness and mental struggle, hoarding can really take over a person's life and prevent them from living their day to day life.
Geoff and Jennifer photographed their mothers house after she died, and felt a strong sense of emotion and upset that they, themselves, were forced to grow up in a house which was filled with items of worthlessness. They photographed each room, and then Photoshopped their own children into the landscape. I found this to be an emotional series, as it was relates to someone's real life situation that happened in their childhood. I plan to create this sense of emotional relationship between my images and the viewer, and let them walk away wondering about hoarding and collecting as an illness and something that most people experience.
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