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1. Callum Wallace
Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: Pjotr
Paste 6 images here include the name & date of image
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Theme or focus of images
As a collective group it is clear that this photographer is into Art and is anti-government.
You can see this in the types of shots he takes which are a bit diverse
ranging from protests against the government to new born babies. But all of his
images have an undertone of anti-establishment whether it is clear with a protest shot
or more abstract with shots of children in third world countries. Almost all of his photos
are of people and not landscapes.
Photos 5 and 2 are of protests/ riots with a positive light and not condemning the
people taking part which suggests the photographer agrees with the points that are
being made. The rest of the photos are more arty and abstract than the others but
yet still have the same undertone as the protests but they do it in a more subtle way.
Photo 1 looks like it was taken in a studio because of the makeup used that must of
took a long time and the lighting. There is no indication to where the photos are
taken.
Composition
In photo 4 of the baby I think its interesting the photographer included the amount of
background shown because it could have been cropped just to be the baby but I
think he did to have a contrast so the baby looks bigger and he makes the
background out of focus. If on some of the photos of protests that the photographer
does were framed differently it could put a different light on it, maybe if it zoomed
out and you could see someone being violent it would make it look negative but the
way the photographer frames it, it makes it look positive.
Techniques used
Most of the shots were taken in bright circumstances but a couple a hard to tell
because of the black and white filter added in post- production but they would have
been taken with a faster shutter speed to capture the shot without getting it too
bright.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
I think the strengths of his photography are that there all framed really well and they
are all high quality and show a good positive theme.
Weaknesses
I think the weaknesses are that it’s hard to portray things like riots and protests as a
good thing when the mass media make it look so negative so from the get go he’s
controversial and on the back foot because of how big the media he’s fighting
against is and he doesn’t have the resources to put his photography.