Photographer Research - Fay Godwin

Fay Godwin

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This photograph by Fay Godwin is beautiful, I really like her photography because it is so simple, yet it shows so much in my opinion. I really like how much contrast there is between the dark and the light parts of the photograph, I think that the photo is amazing even though the scenery is quite bare and looks as though it is dying. 

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I think this photograph shows two sides to our environment, on the left side of the road the environment looks dead and derelict, even the fence looks in bad condition, however on the right side of the fence, the environment looks beautiful and well kept after, I think it is an interesting picture and she may have taken it to show what is happening globally, with the majority of our land turning into land like on the left, due to disasters like decertification which leaves the land un-useable.

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Personally I like this photograph because it shows reflection really nicely, also I think that it shows texture quite well in my opinion. I would like to take some photos like this because it could be used to show how the land naturally is and that we should try to keep it like this, taking control of everything

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I really like this photograph, I think that it looks very british, the sky is quite grey in this photo which is quite a typical british thing. This photo shows the farmer leading the cows, he is standing ahead of the herd which shows that he has power over them. 

Summary: In my opinion, her photographs show Britain in their rawest form, she hasn't tried to make the country look any better than it actually is. I think that this works well because it looks more realistic.

Research Photographer - Zwelethu Mthethwa

Zwelethu Mthethwa

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This photograph by Mthethwa shows a small boy rummaging through rubbish piles, I think that this sort of photograph is very interesting, because it shows us what sort of world other people are living in, because although we may be told about it, without witnessing it, we are unable to fully relate. I think that showing what is really happening in third world continents like Africa is very important as it raises awareness.

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This photograph was taken in Cape Town and is from of one of Mthethwa's series, it is a series about health, he's interested in putting a face to all the data about health in Africa and was interested in giving people the opportunity to document their own perceptions of health. I think that showing the actual health of people in Africa is important because if we just see Africa as a very poor continent with high HIV rates, we will have a lower viewpoint of it.

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I think that this photo shows how arid Africa is, there isn't any vegetation in sight and I think that it shows us how much people have to work, it is showing us how Africa is in reality and how much global warming is actually affecting the world, even if we aren't really seeing it in first world countries like England and America.

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This photo is showing a man in Africa doing his job, to people in first world countries, this seems like a lot of work for one person to do, however in third world countries, people have to work harder for less money, which is unfair.

Summary: Zwelethu Mthethwa is a photographer from South Africa who takes photographs in Cape Town. He takes photographs of people doing their jobs, in addition to people showing their idea of health, and showing people that the health of Africa isn't just a number or percentage of people that have AIDS or Malaria, its actual people that have to fight these illnesses. Personally I really like portraits and reading in to portraits, so I may use this as inspiration.

Research Photographer - Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams

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Ansel Adam took all his photographs in Yosemite National Park, they are created with very high contrast that gives them this look which makes them seem like they have been heavily edited on photoshoot

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I think that this photograph is beautiful because the entire photo is in focus, there isn't much depth of field at all which makes it seem like its all right in front of you, I also really like how he has used reflection in this photograph.

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I love the contrast in this photograph, I think that it makes the photo seem more edited, even though it wasn't edited digitally at all. The contrast makes the background stick out from the foreground a lot more which also looks very good in this particular photograph. I would like to use this technique in one of my photographs because I think that it creates more of an impact on the eye, it is almost like a hyper realistic drawing.

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This photo is very symmetrical which I think looks really good, I think that  this photograph is rather simple, although it shows a lot of beauty. In my opinion this photograph looks amazing, I love his use of reflection and the line in the middle where the water meets the ground. He has placed the photo very well.

Summary: I chose to look at Ansel Adam's photography because he takes photographs of beautiful scenery, I think that it is important to take photographs like this because it inspires people to keep scenes like this, if we carry on ruining the environment with global warming, we won't be able to see this scene again, so taking photographs will make people more inspired to strive not to destroy the environment. 

Photographer Research - Rut Blees Luxemburg

Rut Blees Luxemburg

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I really like the style of her photographs because what I personally love is urban landscape photography, especially at night because most cities like London, where Luxemburg takes her photos, are still very bright at night due to man made lighting. This photograph is called towering inferno and I like it because of the colours, the reds and orange lights makes it a much more fiery colour. Additionally I think that the background colour looks good in contrast, it is quite a warm yellow or green.

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In my opinion I think that this photo, although it is quite simple, is very interesting, I like the colours because they are very warm, although from the place of the photo it is likely that it would be very cold. I also really like it because of the shadows, the shadows in this photograph are very dark and I think that this shows how eerie and creepy places in London can be at night.

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This photograph is called vertiginous exhilaration and it is of a building taken from the top pointing down, I think that it looks really good because the colours look quite a lot colder than her other photographs, I also think that the colours go together well, yellow and green are quite similar.

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I like this photograph because it shows a lot of darkness which I think can refer to her emotions when she took the photograph, we show emotions in a variety of ways, one of which is through our art. I like her style of photography because I think synthetic lights can sometimes look better than real lights.

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Rut Blees Luxemburg is a photographer who was originally from Germany, however her photography is mainly taken in London, she uses a slow shutter speed for some of her photographs which creates a really beautiful effect of the cars moving across the road without actually seeing the cars. 

Although she doesn't take environmental photography, I think that I would like to do photography in her style and I may do a shoot or two in this style as I think that it will look good, especially if I am looking at light pollution.

Photographer Research - Cedric Delsaux

Cedric Delsaux

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This is a photograph from a recycling plant in Belgium, I really love this photo because it shows how much rubbish we throw away, although this is being recycled, it can still be damaging to the environment, and in addition we don't recycle a majority of the rubbish we throw away. I also really like the colours in this photo because they are very basic whites and greys and there isn't much colour which I think looks good because it looks like a lot of the same.

I like this photograph because it shows a great contrast, it is of living quarters in front of a casino in China, I think this shows us the contrast between the rich and the poor, the living quarters are very derelict looking, whereas the casino looks almost pristine and in addition the colours are showing the same thing, the greyish brown makes me think of poverty and unhappy living, but the gold looks almost royal and very well off, this contrast is very interesting and I think it's important to think about that contrast when you visit places like China or India

This photograph is from a tyre dump in France, I think this photo is really good because it shows such a contrast in both the colour of the tyres compared to the sky which is almost white, and also the forestry that is growing despite the amount of tyres blocking most of them from as much sunlight and rain, it looks like the tyres are replacing the greenery. 

This is a photograph from a chicken factory in Ukraine, it shows newborn chicks pushed together in small cages before they are killed/vaccinated depending on the sex, I think this photograph is very thought provoking as it shows the behind scenes of producing eggs and chickens. I also really like the colours in this photograph as well because they are pastel type colours which I prefer over bright colours.

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I really like Cedric Delsaux's photography because they make you think which I think is important, I also love the colours that he uses in his photographs because they aren't usually very bright and rich, they tend to be quite faded which I think looks good. He does a wide range of themes for his photographs which I also really like as he's not just focusing on one thing like some other photographers.