The 'everyday' is something so mundane yet beautiful; and ten times more difficult to capture candidly. After researching the works of Saul Leiter, I adored his use of colour, subject and composition. So, on a trip to Madrid I sought to try it in my own style. This is by far my favourite from the shoot, the Bus Driver makes for a unique subject and the reflections on the windscreen add a glossy texture to the piece. The Documentary approach to photography
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I wanted to make the most of an incredible location shoot and offer a piece that at first is surface-level but looking deeper you see what your mind wants you to. As an author I present no context for the piece, it is what people make of it.
This shoot was inspired by Ben Zank and his surrealist work, I wanted to make the most of the weather we'd experienced earlier this year and utilise it's cold, harsh and inhumane aesthetic to add to the 'not quite human' feel of the character.
With the snow being so alien to us in the South West of Britain, I wanted to utilise this and add the infamous horror image of a hand emerging from the ground to leave an impact. Inspired by the work of Arno Rafael Minkkinen who is an artist that I've admired for some time.
This image was heavily inspired by the work of Barbara Kruger, except with my own spin. I love her use of bold bright text that hammers home her political message but here I wanted to subvert a common phrase but add some emotion to it. With this being an image of a local prison, it not only gives the image more weight but also the 'y' curling around the fence almost acts as a finger holding on to the outside world.
When naming a piece of Photography, I love changing the story or context that it's presented in. Much like here, with these two companion pieces.
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When it comes to photography, I've found in my later work that it's important for me to still tell a narrative. Even in just the one frame.
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