Paul Graham - Troubled Land (1984-86)

I chose Grahams (Troubled Land) series because of some of his perspectives. The series influenced my work, helping me to think of a way to connect my camera with the landscape slightly differently. Looking at sections that maybe others wouldn't look at. In photography you see lots of typical American roads, however here it looks to be a road located somewhere within the United Kingdom. Looking through the rest of the series the roads, signs, telephone poles, weather and greenery suggests to me UK. However I may be completely wrong. Also in one of the images there is a roundabout and I know the UK is one of the few places to find roundabouts. 

Odyssey Europe Exhibition

Left - Werner Bischof, The foot of a displaced person, Bonn, Germany, 1946

Right - Raymond Depardon, A young man sits on the wall between East and West Berlin, between the Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin, Germany, November 11th 1989

Out of the series of images, I chose these two due to their angles, they spoke to me the most.

Bischofs image to me represents an unspoken pain, you don't need to see the persons face. I like the way the open door specifically sheds light on the most worn part of the image. Bischof has used a different perspective to show what the entire image in real life could have. 

Depardons image also caught my attention, even though Depardon was below this man and slightly to the side of him you can till see the mans anger, maybe irritation or even sadness. Depardon could oh asked the man to smile for the image, or taken it straight on, but he chose to go slightly side on and lower down. By eliminating some of the wall you start to pay more attention to the man and draw your conclusions about him first. 

Alec Soth - Song Book (2015)

Even though people aren't my specialty and Soths book displays portraits and other people in groups, some of the images really stand out to me, for example this image below. In his book it really stands out from the others, it breaks the series, almost like a breather. Normally images are seen taken head on however this is taken on a slight angle for a higher vantage point, with wonky tiling. I feel as though even though it is such a simple image, it makes you really look at it and think. 

Paul Seawright - CONFLICTING ACCOUNT (2007)

Seawrights Conflicting Account series was one that spoke to my own work the most. In this series he really looks at detail, perspectives and focal length. These images are very simple but to me they say a lot. It trying to workout where they came from, what is in the images.  Similarly to Grahams work, you look into the image, what's there, where did it come from?

Paola Franqui - Black and White

Franquis work I think works really well in black and white, I cant see these as colour images. Even though they are black and white you can still tell a lot about the timing of the images. I think the series is spanned over time from the 50s onwards, due to clothing design, hair styles and technology. I can also tell by text and landmarks that these have been taken in at least three different countries. 

I think the way Franqui has taken these is very abstract is the sense of angle, depth of field and the subjects are oblivious. The images also really show the texture and wear of where these people are.