Previous Work
Looking at my previous work and noticing I have a particular style about my work is becoming rather important in this final project as I want to focus upon this and carry on to show my unique style through the work I produce. With Durham Miners Gala, I chose to photograph what was going on during the day in the background as appose to what most would typically associate with Durham Miners gala. Instead of photographing the banners used to represent the pit villages or the well known people giving speeches on the day, I chose to focus my images more upon the people surrounding me, focusing upon the drinking and the celebrations which were carried out in the background. I found by doing this I was able to produce some really interesting images, as well as images that are slightly more unique to the images produced by many of the other photographers there on that day, as they all tend to be more journalist type photographers reporting on the days events for local news papers or websites.
Looking back at my previous style in these images, I wanted to start to research photographers that may have a similar style to my own, or look to be trying to take a similar approach to my own.
Martin Parr
A photographer that I have always taken great interest is Martin Parr. Some of my peers discussed in class how some of my work can tend to remind them of this photographer because of the bright and bold colours or sometimes even the objects or people I tend to photograph. I have chosen to look at some of Martin Parr's work for inspiration to carry on photographing in this acquired style.
What I thoroughly enjoy about Parr's work and the way in which I feel I can see links to that of my own is he completely ignores the focus of what a day at the races is typically thought of. Rather than photographing the horses running he chooses to photograph everything else that makes up the atmosphere of the races, the people, the outfits, the drinking, betting, the celebrations and commiseration's. This portrays very clearly the natural style I seem to have when photographing and the style I definitely want to carry on and focus upon in the future events or subjects I photograph.
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