Hartlepool Billboards

Clear Influence



After finding the billboards i came across in hartlepool interesting, i chose to go out and photograph them. The research i carried out previous to this surrounding a billboard photographer i found on flickr really helped me capture the billboard landscape images in a much more interesting and thoughtful way. I was inspired by the unusual view points and angles David Evers chose to photograph billboards at.

Something else which i had actually chosen to research before going out to get inspiration for shoot locations in hartlepool was the work of Bill Brandt. What interested me most about Bill Brandt's photography was not only the fact he worked with black and white, which obviously linked into the project i am currently studying, but a lot of his work included terraced housing. This terraced housing is something which i find of great interest and think looks incredibly interesting when captured at the right angle, especially in black and white format.

While out capturing images of billboards in hartlepool i was able to also include this interesting factor or terraced housing. Heres a couple of my images and the test strips and negatives i dealt with in the process. 

I think this last image shows influence from both photographers mentioned in this blog post; Bill Brandt and David Evers. The view point particularly shows resemblance of both photographers work. Here are examples of photographers work below;

Brian Evers

Bill Brandt