Martin Parr (Independent Research)

This is some of the work of Martin Parr, who is an amazing social photographer and has a great ability to see things that are every day and photograph them in a way that’s still makes them interesting and different, but also reflects the society, and the times the images were taken, with the cloths and attitude of the people, as well as that the expressions on some of the people’s faces makes the images more interesting and have more impact, as well as that the composition of the images works really well, for example the first image, looking down the leg towards the sandal is a really interesting way of photographing the beach, as well as that the photograph of the man eating the ham, I find that really interesting because photographing someone eating isn’t usual yet it still somehow works. I also like his work because it’s looking at people, and I find social documentary and people watching interesting, and is an area I will consider working in, in the future if I can overcome issues with approaching people on the street and asking to take the photograph.

Simon Norfolk (Independent Research)

This is some of Norfolk’s war photography work, he shoots on medium a format camera looking at the effect that war has on places, often documenting places that have been bombed and shot at because of wars, and he has also used long exposures in his work, a good example of this is the middle image where the goats are moving leaving the decaying building in the back ground properly focused, giving the image a feeling of movement, but also of lose because of how the building is falling apart and the people have had to move on because of war.

I like his work, because it’s simple, uncomplicated, and to the point, he shows the destruction and effect that war has on a place, but at the same time making the places look amazing and interesting, but still giving that feeling of something missing, something lost, because of the circumstances and reason for the destruction.

http://www.simonnorfolk.com/

Liu Xue, anthropomorphic sculptures (Independent Research)

These are some fascinating anthropomorphic sculptures created by a Chinese artist called Liu Xue, they are incredibly strange and in most cases are somewhat repulsive and disturbing, there from a series called “We are the World” and are done extremely well blending the two creates together in a way which makes them look realistic, yet at the same time still being a discomfiting distortion of nature, I like this work because of that it’s strange and different but not in a tacky in your face way, it takes elements from the normal and twists them into something that is recognisable and “normal” but makes it into something that makes you question, or at least makes me question and think about what we consider normal, and how when that’s distorted, how it effects use.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2E7LLz/:okeM3ckI:p4+Qd2PL/eclectix.com/anthropomorphic-sculpture-liu-xue/