Townscape Photographer Research

Townscape Photographer Research

Henri Cartier-Bresson

In the 1930s, Henri Cartier-Bresson abandoned an aspiration to paint and picked up a camera instead. During this time, he flirted with the ideals of the surrealist movement and it was his great insight that the Leica — a hand-held camera with a blink-of-an-eye shutter — was an ideal instrument with which to capture, in an instant, the kinds of imagery that the surrealists strove for.

The reason I chose this photographer as I love the composition of his work as the whole subject matter covers the whole space within the photograph, I also like the minimal use of colour across all his work.

Alvin Coburn

Coburn enjoyed experimenting with the printing process and spent some years creating his own inks and trying out different grades of paper for the best effect.

His technique of changing the perspective of a scene by pointing the camera down created images that had no horizon and so created a more abstract image.

The reason I chose this photographer to influence my own photography was because I find the use of the almost blurred sections within his use of images, his manipulations using layering are also very interesting which also gave me the idea to in operate digital manipulation into my townscape photography.

Alfred Stieflitz

Alfred Stieglitz was always interested in photography as an art form. He was also interested in the technical boundaries of photography.

This photographers work I found interesting because of his use of limited colour within his work, I also found that all his work have a cold dull feel to them which I think works really well.

Double Exposure Photographers

Idris Khan

London-based Idris Khan is best known for dense and beguiling photographic images which he creates by re-photographing or scanning and digitally overlaying entire series of existing printed works into single composite prints. By carefully calibrating the opacity of each layer and optimizing incidental details, Khan’s digital composites buzz with traces of their component images. 

The reason why I chose to in coperate this photographer into my work was because I love the way his work looks almost like a detailed line drawing. It also has the look of movement, as if the subject matters are vibrating which i think is a really effective.