This document analyzes several photos of musicians and uses visual cues like lighting, clothing, background, and composition to infer the music genres represented in each photo. Elements like dark lighting and focus on the artist's face suggest rap music, while bright colors, plaits or braids, and photos taken in tropical locations indicate reggae. Photos that only show the artist's face without instruments represent pop music focused on the voice. Attributes like expensive watches and jewelry hint at genres like R&B and hip pop that depict wealth and glamour. The document examines how photographic style can provide clues to the type of music an artist performs.

1. This photo has the rule of thirds,
having Nicki Minaj dominate the
image, making your eyes focus
straight to her. The pink lipstick and
blusher shows femininity, but then
there’s a binary composition with
her dark black eyes. The bright
colours represent that this artist
most likely sings hip pop music, also
shown with her bright blonde hair,
its original in hip pop music. But
then the dark colour shows power
and dominance, representing that
maybe she does rap hip pop as well,
showing how unique she is.
This photo has the rule of thirds
drawing your eyes first to the
primary optical area and then down
to professor greens face, keeping
your eyes on his face and his
expression. The camera angle is a
low angle showing he’s powerful
and the dominant one. This mainly
represents rap as well as the zipped
up tracksuit and the tattoo on
shown on his neck.
This photo shows Rhianna in a hot,
green place with African people,
showing that this music is reggae;
also her hair is tied in plaits to the
side and is wearing short clothes
which represent reggae music, being
in a hot country, and working with
African people and so tying hair out
the way. And the colours green, red
and yellow are the colours of the
Jamaican flag.

2. This photo shows a rock band Remy
Zero. The genre is shown by the
lighting in the image, it’s a bright
dark green colour shining down on
the band but only their faces are
shown as there t-shirts are black and
not in focus, representing
masculininity and that stage only
their faces will be seen as there
body’s will most likely be hidden by
an music instrument or prop.
This photos lighting on the band
chase and status, is a light, bright
green filling the room around the
two guys, the one hiding behind a
microphone and stereo equipment
and the man with the guitar.
Representing there electro music
with a soft spot of guitar used in it.
This photos lighting is bright, with
the artist Cher Lloyd wearing bright
colours, and big ear rings
representing the music genre pop,
and the cameras only focusing on
the face showing there isn’t any
props or equipment, only her voice
giving the music showing its pop
music.

3. This photo of Eminem is quite dark
in the background having your eyes
only focus on him showing his
masculinity and that he has the
power in the image and is dominant,
showing his genre of music is rap.
This is also shown by his clothing,
the baggy tracksuit bottoms, the
clean trainers, the chain round his
neck and the Nike hat on his head,
which is mainly what rappers wear.
This photo of Beyonce shows her
beauty and softness of her music
and the colours gold represent
wealth and glamour, showing her
music is going to mainly hip pop and
RNB, knowing the music is going to
be good.
This photo of Nelly has the rule of
thirds having your eyes focus to the
primary optical area first and then
down to Nelly’s face focusing on the
dark colours, the expensive watch,
his gold skins and diamond ear ring
representing wealth and glamour,
showing his music to be mainly RNB
music, because the colours in the
photo aren’t dark or just focusing on
him the colours are bright and also
you can see the background and
what looks like to be a car behind
him, which is usually associated with
RNB, pop songs.