Martin Parr - M shed

Doing A2 photography I wanted to gain first hand experience of a local photographers exhibition. This exhibition was held in the centre of Bristol at the M shed, it showed the work of Martin Parr which is a local photographer capturing images in Chew Stoke and Clifton and other familiar areas around Bristol. This makes the exhibition even more exciting and intriguing as they are areas which I can relate too and go their myself. Going to this exhibition made me realise that their are many locations local to me that I can take a picture of and it become a good over all picture. These are the images that I took within the exhibition showing its popularity of the exhibition and the photos by Parr himself.

My Photos - Street

STREET.

These images are set in the centre of Bristol where it is most busy so I can capture the best image I can by using different angles and directions. By gathering all research from Laurent Roch, Michael Penn on street photography, this set of images are in creation of those particular photographers, how Laurent Roch catches the crowd and their on going lifestyle, so in these images I managed to capture this as well, as no one is posed or positioned this makes it real. Also another aspect of Laurent Roch's work I have carried on with in my own work is the shots he has used, for example the use of wide shot, catching both side walks on the street to get an overall more effective image. Michael Penn inspiration has also been used focusing more on getting close to the people in their everyday life catching individuals looking in your direction,and people walking around you, this altogether creates an good image that I could take further with combining portraiture in this setting.