Photo Analysis

Our first assignment of this semester was to gather images of ourselves growing up and swap them with someone in the class who we didn't know well, or not at all.
The task at first seemed quite daunting as we were forced to analyse each other on their surrounding, family and style. Through doing this we were expected to establish a general idea of the way they were brought up and discover aspects of that person that wouldn't necessarily be brought up in conversation.
I did my photo swap with Stephen in Graphics. I found analysing the photos a bit awkward at first as i didn't want to appear be judging or making inaccurate assumptions about his life. Once i finally got into it i managed to let my guard down a little and felt i achieved some sort of understanding of his likes and influences when growing up.
This is the feedback i wrote for him...
One of the photos features what could be your gran and two sisters. On looking at the decor of the house, for example the fire place and arm chair, it seems that you are maybe visiting your gran and that you have quite a close family.
Another of the pictures shows a baby, this could be that you have a much younger sibling or relative.
Two of your photos depict what looks like you and your friends at different stages of your childhood. Sport seems to be quite a strong link between the photos telling me that you were quite active as a child. You and your friends are gathered on a playing field wearing football shirts, possibly part of a team?
It seems as though you had quite a close group of friends growing up and that you maybe influenced each other with hobbies and the way you dressed. By choosing photos of you and your friends i get the impression that you value friendships and enjoy being around other people.
Only one of the pictures seems to have been taken in your home, judging by the wrapping paper this could have been on your birthday. Its quite hard to tell what sort of home you grew up in but the overall impression I get is that you weren't particularly materialistic and that you maybe enjoyed more to be with your friends and take part in sports.
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After the swap i got some feedback from Stephen, it seemed to be fairly on the mark in that he's influenced by his friends and seems to have quite a big family although he said he wasn't so much interested in sports anymore.
After reading back my analysis from him it was quite interesting to see the points Stephen picked up on about me. He noticed that i was quite outdoorsy growing up and a bit of a tomboy. Also that i have a very close family and extended family who i spend a lot of time with growing up. From my most recent photo taken on my 17Th birthday Stephen noticed that I'd become a bit more girly and preferred standing out in bright colours.
All in all its been an experience, its not often these sort of questions or assumptions jump into casual conversation so to be able to analyse someones childhood gives us an insight to the different sort of backgrounds people come from and what helps them develop into the person they are now.