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Exercise 1.2 – Reportage (P.33)

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Find a street that particularly interests you – it may be local or further afield. Shoot 30 colour images and 30 black and white images in a street photography style. In your learning log, comment on the differences between the two formats. What difference does colour make? Which set do you prefer and why? The following images are from a set of about 50 that I took in and around the market square in Cambridge. They were taken on a day with light grey cloud cover which gave a flat, even light. The images were taken with 50mm and 85mm … Continue reading Exercise 1.2 – Reportage (P.33)

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Street photography

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Having looked at the work of some of the well-known names in street photography, I tried to find some contemporary photographers, however, a search for ‘20108 street photography’ returned just under 3.9 billion results! After a bit more searching I found several sites that showcased the work of current street photographers including http://www.streetlondon.co.uk , 121clicks.com and womeninstreet.com . Looking at these sites I found several photographers whose work I liked, the first of these being Stephen Leslie. Leslie is a British photogrpaher who works mainly in colour and his work is very reminiscent of Martin Parr. Eleonore Simon is a … Continue reading Street photography

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Street photography

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Do some research into contemporary street photography. Helen Levitt, Joel Meyerowitz, Paul Graham, Joel Sternfeld and Martin Parr are some good names to start with, but you may be able to find further examples for yourself. What difference does colour make to a genre that traditionally was predominantly black and white? Can you spot the shift away from the influence of surrealism (as in Cartier-Bresson’s work)? How is irony used to comment on British-ness or American values? Before looking at the work of the photographers mentioned in teh question I thought I would try and find a definition of the … Continue reading Street photography

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Exercise 1.1 – Eyewitnesses (P.23)

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Find some examples of news stories where ‘citizen journalism’ has exposed or highlighted abuses of power. How do these pictures affect the story, if at all? Are these pictures objective? Can pictures ever be objective? Write a list of the arguments for and against. For example, you might argue that these pictures do have a degree of objectivity because the photographer (presumably) didn’t have time to ‘pose’ the subjects, or perhaps even to think about which viewpoint to adopt. On the other hand, the images we see in newspapers may be selected from a series of images and how can … Continue reading Exercise 1.1 – Eyewitnesses (P.23)