Motion Blur Photography

I was first interested in using motion blur or 'accidental photography' when looking at photos by William Klein. However these photos are examples of extreme motion blur photos.  

Because the people I will be photographing will be dancing I decided that I will embrace the use of motion blur. I want to show the full extent of the celebration of the 1950s in my photo, therefore by showing the movement of the dance throughout it will give the audience a sense of the dance itself 

Therefore throughout my photos there are slight examples of motion blur as I didn't want to loose the clothing they were wearing to the motion blur but just highlight the fact that they are jiving to the audience. 

Groups and Organisations

I contacted both organiser for Brighton Jive and also Surrey Jive and inquired when there dance meets were and asked also to take pictures of there dancers.

Unfortunately Brighton Jive did not answer me inquiries but Surrey jive were very happy to have me come to there meet called 'Ruby's' and take photographs throughout the evening.  

Main ideas from the 1940s/50s

This is my mind map exploring what the 1950s music, fashion and dance included. 

Martin Parr

Martin Parr was born on the 23 May 1952. He is a British documentary photographer and photojournalist. He is known for his photographic projects that take a critical look at aspects of modern life, in particular provincial and suburban life in England. 

Born in Epsom, Surrey, Parr wanted to become a documentary photographer from the age of fourteen, and followed in the footsteps of his grandfather who was an amateur photographer and was an early influence. From 1970 to 1973, he studied photography at Manchester Polytechnic. He married Susan Mitchell in 1980, and they have one child, Ellen Parr (born 1986). He has lived in Bristol since 1987.

He was first recognised for his black-and-white photography in the north of England, Bad Weather (1982) and A Fair Day (1984), but switched to colour photography in 1984. The resulting work, The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton, was published in 1986.

Since 1994 Parr has had almost 50 books published, and featured in around 80 exhibitions worldwide - including an exhibition at the Barbican Arts Centre, London. In 2007, his retrospective exhibition was selected to be the main show of Month of Photography Asia in Singapore. In 2008, he was made an Honorary Doctor of Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) in recognition for his ongoing contribution to photography and to MMU's School of Art.

Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus was born  March 14, 1923  and died July 26, 1971. She was an American photographer who is noted for her portrait photography of different people and the lives they lead. She focused on different people that society believed to be surreal or 'weird'. For example: transgender, circus performers, dwarfs or giants. 

Diane Nemerov attended the Feildstone School of Ethnical Culture, a prep school. In 1941, at the age of eighteen, she married her childhood sweetheart Allan Arbus.Their first daughter Doon (who would later become a writer), was born in 1945 and their second daughter Amy (who would later become a photographer), was born in 1954. Diane and Allan Arbus separated in 1958, and were divorced in 1969. She encountered many trails and tribulations in her life and committed suicide. 

Her daughter Doon edited a book called 'Diane Arbus' after her death so that her mothers work was published together in one place. This was a tribute to her mother as Doon herself became a photographer and wanted her mothers legacy to be seen by all. 

William Klein

He is an American born French photographer whom started in fashion photography and moved into street photography because he disliked the staged element of fashion photography.

He liked the idea of 'accidental photography' and used a wide angle lens so that he can capture everything that was going on in the frame. He did this even though he captured motion blur and other elements that critics thought made his photography unrefined.

He published his first book in France which was called 'New York'. It had to be published in Europe because the critics in America did not agree with his style and thought it was uneducated. He then went on the photograph: Rome, Tokyo, Moscow and Paris.

Robert Frank

Robert Frank was born on November 9th 1924, he was a photographer in America and also a film director. However his most significant was in his photography. He used photography as a kind of escapism. 

His most significant piece of work that is published in the book called 'The Americans', all photographs in this post are from this book. To produce this book he travelled across the USA taking photos in every state he travelled through. However in two towns he was thrown out of for being a Jew. 

He took around 28,000 photos whilst travelling across America but only selected 83 to be apart of his book. His book seems to analyse the culture of the time where black people were separated from white people and how the government and national pride took centre stage on the streets of America  

Angel Food Kitchen

Cable & Cotton

Portrait Practice

August Sander

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Inspired Photography

This picture really interests me because of the way the man is submerged under the water as the gun is the most important thing to him. Also by just seeing his hands it shows his identity has been taken away from him because of the gun. 

I like the idea of silent protesting and the way people go against the government in their own way. By taking a photograph of this it keeps this protest alive even when the chalk has rubbed away. This also reminds me of the artist Banksy which i'm also interested in as he also protests in a silent way. However photography unlike paint or chalk keeps the artists message going. 

Again this photo shows images of another protest. However they have done this differently and are using signs but similarly the written word instead of the spoken and loud protests seen like the student protests. As these women are speaking against government ideology there signs may have been taken and this photo keeps there message alive.   

Technical Practise Photo's

I like the close up of this image but also the background with the other scooters. There isn't any distortion in this picture and there is slight exposure in the background which makes the image lighter. 

There is a slow shutter speed on this photograph and it is also over exposed. Therefore there is alot of light in the photo which distorts the building in the background. Also because of the slow shutter speed and lack of tripod the photo is blurred. 

This photograph is a better quality however the background is still slightly blurred by the slow shutter speed. 

This image does not have a lot of distortion, it is very simple. It is also interesting as it shows the very green and woodland background which contrasts with the urban brick work.