Natural Locations

Natural Locations

Joel Sternfeld

I Think Sternfeld shoots in thiese locations because i would argue that he likes to go beyond the human eye. What i mean by that is that he tends to see potential photographs that not many people tend to see. I think he sees the photos before he's even taken it. Most of his photos are perfectly composed and it always seems like he has the perfect photo. However a few of his photos are more Life like. They show the reality of peoples everyday lives. For example, the picture below shows a man living his daily life with everything he owns in a shopping trolley. The picture could often be seen as a sad picture but the harsh reality is that there is people who live like this who are homeless and haven't got a penny to their name.
This work could influence me to see beyond the perfect world as it is sometimes described as. To photograph things that other people may not pick up.

Site Specific Work

Ben Roberts - Occupied London

Ben Roberts travels around occupied spaces like London in search of harsh living environments for people of London. 

Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
He is a street photographer in the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, although he now works exclusively in color. 

Robert Frank

Robert Frank was born in Zurich in 1924. He began his career in photography in the 1940s before moving to America in 1947. In America his photographs caught the attention of the director of Harper’s Bazaar, Alexey Brodovich. Robert Frank was later hired as a fashion photographer. The job allowed Frank to travel around Europe where he produced two significant projects – one his Paris pictures and the other photographs of England and Wales. These pictures helped Robert Frank to be well recognized by the public as a good quality photographer.

This is one of Roberts most well known picture. You could argue this because it uses the element of the phrase 'in the right place at the right time'.

Robert Parkinson

Robert's work revolves around photographic practice. The focus of his work is the change of spaces into places, whilst engaging with people who inhabit these areas. The goal is to enable the audience to discover and construct the relationships between the two. His work also takes the form of self-published photographic publications, which have been exhibited and sold internationally.

The Seaside

Simon Roberts

Simon Roberts is a British photographer whose work deals with our relationship to landscape and notions of identity and belonging. His large format photographs are taken with accuracy often from  positions above ground level. The high vantage point allows groups of people to the landscape to be  observed. 

He has exhibited across the world and his photographs are shown in major public places including the George Eastman House. In 2010 he was known as the official Election Artist by the House of Commons.  In 2012 he was given access to photograph the London Olympics and most recently was made an 'Honorary Fellow' of the Royal Photographic Society.

I don't mind his work but i wouldn't say he inspires me or his work attracts me to view more pictures. I would say his photos are ordinary. However i would say that i like the fact that he takes the photos elevated because i think this is different to most photographers out there. 

I think he photographs in these locations because they are busy, public places that get an abundance amount of tourism.