Street Photography Analysis

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The aim for my unit 3 project is to investigate the work of many different street photographers as the theme I have chosen is street photography which covers a whole range of things, where it’s trying to make the simple everyday tasks seem interesting to look at when captured in a series of photos.

To progress with this theme further I will be researching many different photographers all with a variety of styles, such as Siegfried Hansen, Nils Jorgensen, Nick Turpin, Andrew Z Glickman and Andreas Paradise looking at these photographers will help me to determine which work I prefer and find most inspiring to take forward and create my own images in the style of.

Street photography is define as taking images in a public place …show more content…

Siegfried Hansen’s work looks really abstract and simple with his images, he does not include people’s faces as he feels it’s more interesting and creates a sense of mystery to them, as well it forces the audience to look more closely at the image and creating a reaction, so people can chose for themselves what the message behind the image maybe. He feels that the black and white images have a stronger visual impact on the audience more than the colour tends …show more content…

As well as focusing on the right lighting to have, from the correct day and where the sun or clouds are in the sky, so I’ll need to position the camera at the right angle to create the right shadows.

These images I have chosen from street photography NOW are from the photographer Nils Jorgensen, which looks at the simple things in life and how beautiful they are. The reason why I chose this photographer is because I would like to look more closely at the ordinary things on the streets such as shadows and make them sure much more interesting with a meaning or story behind the images.

Nils Jorgensen is a London based photographer with a passion for fining low key and over looked beauty, he spots unlikely patterns and picks at collisions of line ad form in the most interesting ways. Jorgensen is known for his photographs of humour, as he likes the reaction from the audience when they see them his is what mainly motives

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