All these images have various components I found interesting. The lighting in the images sometimes reveal something in the darkness. There are various compositional techniques used in the work all adding to the image. I like the way the lights are seeping through the windows, suggesting that there a busy ness and liveliness. Some of the images have figures that have various tones. The images that contain roads lead your eye to want to see more. The images that include lights use a slow shutter speed to capture the light. To restrict the blurriness, I would typically use my tripod.
My Work
I want my work to include features of these images, starting with roads. I will still aim to have a main focus of my image, using lights in some. My work has so far looked at areas of the city at both day and night. Darkness as it falls across the city brings huge change. A safe street becomes a red light district, a play park a crack den, a beauty spot a place for dogging. It is one of my works aims to show these two faces of Plymouth- without judgement. I will use classic photographic strategies of composition, colour and tone to create an intriguing image that will in turn draw a viewer in, asking them to question and conceptualise the work. This approach has been inspired by the likes of Stephen Shore- who’s American road trips used simple vernacular photography to discuss the complexities of 1970s American culture.