Shrove Tuesday
Sedgefield Ball Game photography
Edge of humanity
http://edgeofhumanity.com/2016/02/07/ball/
In the lead up to the event Sedgefield Ball game this year I have came across this article by 'Edge of humanity magazine'. The article explains a bit about Sedgefield Ball game and presents some brilliant black and white images by the photographer Stephen Curry.
Stephen Curry is a documentary photographer who has captured images of Sedgefield Ball game for many years. His images are black and white and mix between a range of close up action shots and more intimate portrait pictures of the players themselves. His images tell the story of the ball game over a range of years and show a sense of the enjoyment and happy spirits the men who take part in the game have as well as showing the rough and dangerous side of the days events.
These images were taken this year at Sedgefield's Shrove tuesday ball game on 9th February 2016. His full archive of images from Sedgefield Ball Game which span over the years are all in monochrome. I like the way the images are in black and white as this seems to add more to the feel of narrative in the images. Making all the images the same tonal colours help the images as a collective flow better. I feel the viewer is more focused on the story throughout that the images are portraying as a whole for the event as appose to just focusing upon one particular image. I feel the black and white adds to the idea of this being a traditional narrative. The black and white gives a more traditional feel to the images. The pain, blood, sweat, tears and laughter I feel can also be felt more when viewing the images in black and white as this makes the images more serious and there is no distraction with bright colours caused. What I really like about this photographers work when capturing Sedgefield Ball game is the fact its different to other photographs that are produced from this day each year as most other photographers are not there to produce personal projects such as Stephen Curry, but they are more so there so to produce journalistic style images ready for the use of informing people in newspapers and on online articles.
From looking at Stephen Curry's work you can tell photographing this game is something he has mastered over the years. These images are great up close and personal shots. I don't feel someone photographing this game for their very first time or someone who is not confident with what the ball game is about could capture images such as these. The raw emotion and struggle which the men go through in order to win the game is evidently captured here. Being able to get this close to the men is something I know i would struggle with myself.
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