Street Task!

For this task, we were asked to take photo's ourselves and to try and link our work with the photographer we chose.
Personally, to start with I found this difficult as Matt Stuart's photographs were based on looking at the details and seeing beyond the obvious. So as I walked around town, it was hard to realise potential photographs.

So below are photos of which I took trying to link it Matt Stuart but in another context.
Certain Matt Stuart photos are all face to face and everyday people on the street. So my photos are the opposite and represent there different characters and cultures, but from below; basically either there backs, or feet and legs.

Doing this task among others helped me realise different things about different photographers. For example Martin Parr and his typical British humour; 'queen', Bruce Gilden with his aggressive street but spontaneous photos, Henri Cartier-Bresson being important in documentary photography, and Frank Eggleston being a pioneer, using colour and looking the the 'unusual'. It is interesting to find out about how different photographers work and just simply understanding their style and purposes. Doing this task above helped with individual motivation and confidence; this was important as it showed our response to the task.