Portraiture

Vice; Portrait photography


Since starting the project of portrait photography i have quite conveniently stumbled across a vice article about portrait photography. The aricle actually focuses on a particular photographer who's profession is actually a taxi driver. The name of the photographer is Mike Harvey. Mike captured images of his passengers at the final destination they arrived at and allowed the passengers to not pay the taxi fee as a way of saying thank you for letting him take their photo. 

​ "You meet all sorts of people driving a taxi. It's the nature of the job. If you don't meet lots of people, it's a pretty good sign that you're doing something wrong and should probably reconsider the choices you've made."

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/mike-harvey-south-wales-taxi-photos-101



Mike Harvey's Website:

http://www.mikeharvey.co.uk/xrpkj58d3wnwpnisjzkyqkbtqwau2z

Ive chosen a few of the images by mike from which website which particularly catch my eye. I really like the images where the people look quiet unusual and have a unique strong character kind of look to them. The images where theres two people in the taxi are also really interesting and relevant to the task we've been set to capture images of couples. I also really think the choice of black and white works well with almost all portraiture photography. Each image is named after the taxi fair of each persons journey. I think this is such an effective idea and really adds that extra narrative to the image itself and the project as a whole.