How does my work relate to the photographers I have focused on?

How does my work relate to the photographers I have focused on?

Ed Ruscha

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Photographer's work

My work

Photographer's work

 

When focusing on Ed Ruscha I did not gain inspiration from the things that he photographed because he focused on gasoline stations in America. The main ways in which my photos relate to this photographer is the use of a wide depth of field within both of the images. When completing the shot above I ensured that I took the photo looking directly in front of me because this is an element of Ed Ruscha's work that I was very inspired by. He uses a central camera angle and ensures that he has used a wide depth of field. This is what I have done within the photo above and therefore the compositional elements of my work closely relate to those of Ed Ruscha's. I have also been inspired by some of Ed Ruscha's editing techniques and the way in which he has chosen to display the photos from his 'twentysix gasoline stations' series. He used a collaging technique to display multiple images because they all linked together. I took inspiration from this when completing my own edits.

Andre Kertesz

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Photographer's work

The first image is a photo that I have taken and the second image is a photo from Andre Kertesz. Although these photos do not immediately look the same, this was not what I wanted to achieve. These two photos link to each other due to the perspective that the images were taken. The photo above by Andre Kertesz is not a typical photo you may see of a train platform, he is looking down from a bridge onto the platform. I was inspired by taking photos from different perspectives therefore I decided to use the idea of photographing on a bridge and looking down however I wanted to go beyond the photographers ideas and do this in a different way. When taking my photo I directly looked down onto the train tracks rather than incorporating any of the platform in my image.

Ben Boswell

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Photographer's work

The first image is a photo that I have taken at Barbican station and the second image is a photo that Ben Boswell has taken at Paddington station. When completing this shoot I did not want to go to the exact same station as Ben Boswell because it would have been easy for me to completely replicate his photos. Instead I did some research and travelled to Barbican station which had the same older and slightly more ancient feel to it. Although Ben Boswell has captured more motion within his photo we have both used the same composition and also both used the idea of framing people within the windows of the train to create a sense of business at the station.

Mike Golding

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Photographer's work

The first image is an example of my work and the image below is an example of Mike Golding's work. Both of these photos link due to the fact that they are both of escalators within tube stations. I also took inspiration from the fact that Mike Golding's images were taken whilst he was on the escalator which produced a slight amount of movement. I wanted to try and replicate this and I feel as though I did that successfully.