Finally handed in all my work and scadaddled back home to Ayr through the snow and rain and i'm going to LANDAAN on thursday night so life is swell. Thought I would finally put up my still life photography work now everyone's handed in. I won't publish my studio photographs because they're not that interesting, but my location shots are a lot more interesting. I chose to base mines on the work on Martin Parr, Nan Goldin, Richard Billingham & Kevin Cummins.
Kevin Cummins location, he does a lot of band, laddish and football photography, so i went to the pub and dunked stuff in Tennents and got involved in interesting chats with old men.
Martin Parr does a lot of British themes, like Brits abroad and quintessentially British foods. I took inspiration from the British food bit, and thought about what I would class as a stereotypical 'Brit' food. I went to the chippy, Crollas, and a scaffy cafe.
Nan Goldin worked primarily during the 70s/80s, photographing the glamorous New York underworld. She features subdued lighting and relfections in her work, so i created my own little boudoir and recreated these moods.
And the final photographer was Richard Billingham, well known for his work 'Ray's a Laugh', where he photographed his family who are not exactly upper class. Our flat's rather scaffy so I just used what was available to me in each room.
