Whilst taking my photographs, I sought to capture the Identity of everyday people in the 1940's (world war two) and show the models in an everyday but authentic light to what would have been seen in everyday life in more rural England. Whilst selecting my final ten images I looked for the most interesting images with the most meaning behind them. I also looked at which images looked the most authentic to the era, even though they were taken on a digital camera and edited on Adobe Photoshop and the Final thing that I used in selecting my final ten images is that the images looked nice in a relaxed and not overly modelled way. I decided on this to link to the genre Social reportage and to make the audience feel at ease and as if hey can understand what I am trying to capture in my images.
My images incorporate work from other photographers like Martin Parr and Christina Garcia Rodero . My photos incorporate the works of Martin Parr by the simple spontaneous nature of his work (especially when taking photos of motorbikes) and the lack of control of the outcome of the shot. Although I had the ability to take more control of the shots taken and their outcome I decided against it as it would make the models seem more stiff and less natural/ authentic in action. The difference between my images and those of Martin Parr is that his are in colour and based on the modern sports worlds and mine are in monochrome/sepia tint and based on the past.
My images has some similarities to works by Christina Garcia Rodero. This is because of the image being in monochrome and the more traditional vibe that I get from some of her work. My favourite things about her work is the variation of the types of people she photographs and how natural her models/ subjects looked in the photographs. Her photographs Inspired me most out of the two photographers I researched that I am mentioning here
Both photographers have influenced my images by the spontaneous appearance of the shoots and they inspired me to look deeper into the meaning I want to convey in my images and how editing really enhances my photography, no matter how minor the editing may be. By looking at multiple photographers I have been able to stick with my initial theme, whilst altering the appearance slightly to better represent the identity of my chosen era and so the images better follow the brief. I didn't change my theme based on these photographers I studied/ Researched, but I did change the way I looked at the photos and the way I took my own images.
The range of lighting that I used when taking my photographs was dictated/ created solely by the natural sunlight or the changing of blinds/ nets/ curtains to alter the light whilst indoors. Whilst taking photographs outdoors I didn't/ couldn't manipulate the light levels as I took my photos quite spontaneously. I chose the viewpoint of my images to be from an outwards perspective, to try and make the audience feel that they could be apart of that scene shown in the image. I didn't really so any purposeful framing in my photos, except for the one that shows the inside of the wash house. Any other framing you may see in my photographs were simply coincidental. Neither of my photographers really use other objects in their images as frames to the works.
After taking my photographs I used editing on adobe Photoshop to turn the images to either Monochrome or Sepia Tint. I did this on Photoshop rather than using the camera setting that enabled me to do this because it gave me more control over the final appearance (I could pic out details in images that would more than likely be lost). I dis this editing to emulate those of the era (world war two). I edited my photos to match the time era to portray everyday life in a more rural England and to show a glimpse of the brief moments of calmness in the country even though war was always imminent and the threat of bombs were a constant worry. The main meaning that I would like to show my audience is the identity of people who lived in the war and the feeling of normality of life for them. I would also like to show the unwavering of the human spirit even when the odds seem to be stacked against them.
Things that went well with my photography is that the majority of my images do look very authentic to the time era and I am very pleased with the way they turned out and I am confident that I can put the underlining meaning of the photographs to my targeted audience (people who enjoy history/ heritage and who enjoy going to art galleries). Originally I planned to use both analogue and digital photography to create my final 10 images to show/ compare one set of Images to another. I was unable to do this as the film I required for my Kodak Instamatic 50 camera was unable to get to me in time to be used in this project. In the future I plan on using the film and camera to take more images in this style and compare them to the digital images I created to see the difference in appearance and quality of the images. If I were to do this again I would try and be more confident in posing/ positioning my models so that I have more control over the shoot although I do like how the final images turned out.
Overall, my final 10 photographs connote the unwavering human spirit and the strength in the doing the tasks of the everyday . My photos denote the everyday happenings and places you would see in the ore rural setting in the 1940's during world war 2.
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