Richard Whitehead

Editorial Photography:

"Imagery that supports the written word" 



http://www.richwhitehead.com


The first individual photographer i have chosen to research for our editorial project is Richard Whitehead, who we are lucky enough to have as a pathway leader and lecturer at our college, Cleveland College of Art and Design. Richard has worked for serval magazines and newspapers over his years as a photographer so getting the opportunity to view his work, and hear about his influences, research techniques and way of working has been an amazing opportunity.

I was inspired by so many pieces of Richard's work. Rather than post a lot of his work on my blog, I would like to present the the images by Richard which stood out to me personally, and give some explanations as to why this is and what inspiration or ideas his work has given me in relation to our current project. 

The image is documenting real life, Richard has took an image of something that was simply just right there before him. Richard explained how he lived in this area so as part of research he would walk around the area figuring out what was going on when, and where things are. Already i have used this technique in Hartlepool; simply just walking or driving and looking. Immediately you start to see things you think would work great in an image, you're then able to return to the distinction with ideas of what cameras and what compositions would work best. 

Im very much interested in street photography and intend to capture images on the street as a start for my editorial project. 

The reason i like this image is because i find it relatable. When looking at this i straight away think of Seaton Carew which is a sea front I've known all my life literally a 5 minute drive from our college. This kind of image is something i would love to have captured myself. Again like the previous image its a photograph just simply capturing whats right in front of you. I like the straight on view point the image has been taken from and the fact none of the people in the image are looking are the camera, it gives the feel that the photographer wasn't even there. 

Street photography in the north east was the first idea i came up with when given the assignment brief, however during Richard presentation of his work this series of images were something that really stood out to me. Again i feel the reason they stood out to me was because they were real, and relatable. In this project Richard simply went out with his friends, had a drink and took photos. This is something that would be so easy to do and will always have such an interesting story behind them. With living in a village myself, the only thing me, my friends and all young people around the village have to do is go to the pub. This is something i definitely intend to explore myself in this project.

Amateur boxing in Hartlepool. 

I throughly enjoy any photography that relates to the North East, this series of amateur boxing photographs taken in hartlepool really make me think of the North East. Boxing seems to be such a popular sport around these areas so its more the fact that the images reflect upon the North East that i like them rather than the style or any other concept of the photographs.