This photographer, Jeffrey Luke, focuses on capturing calm and respectful images of medical operations and care. His black and white photographs show doctors and medical equipment at work but avoid graphic or exposed shots of actual operations. He uses varied camera angles, such as shots looking up from below, to give viewers a sense of observing the operations without being invasive. The dramatic black and white theme allows the images to be viewed holistically rather than drawing attention to any one area.

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: Jeffrey Luke Medical Photographer
Theme or focus of images
This photographer seems to capture these scenes of operations in a calming light. In
my eyes I think they portray emotional yet appreciative and great aspects of the way
the medical world care for and help us as a society. He focuses on what the doctors
in most of the pictures, and how calm and confident they look whilst trying to save a
life. We see a unique picture of a child being supported by some sort of medical
equipment, looking sincerely happy and in peace of mind whilst watching ducklings
as it takes away from all the troubles he’s having.
Composition
The photographer makes sure he captures the concentration and work of the surgeons
and most defiantly no gory or exposed shots of the operation it’s self. For example in one
of the photographs we see the operation being performed, the equipment the doctors
are using, and what they are wearing, but he keeps it more artistic shots and not the
actual scenes of them operating on the person, which makes his shots very respectable.
He includes enough information in the frame that we are interested and wants to see and

2. admire. One of the shots is taken from bellow looking up at the operation; This makes us
feel as we are watching them.
Techniques used
The photographer used a selection of different camera angles and effects on his photos,
but keeps a black and white theme to the images, this creates a dramatic effect, and also
there are no colours to draw our eye away from any part of the shot so it makes us look
at the image as a whole and the background to each image.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths from these photos are he has varied this shots which makes it interesting for
the audience, and makes it intriguing for us to want to know the back stories and also
creates a respectable view on the surgeons.
A weakness would be that the effects on the images with the black and white, all though
fitting in creating a dramatic effect, he could of varied the effects used to show off the
actual camera and post production aspects.