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Post by spinno on Aug 10, 2023 21:07:45 GMT
I like Martin Parr as long as he's not trying to "Taylor Wessing narrative" his ideas- he basically shoots things as they are without having to dive deep into guff. He's an observer of the ordinary, which he's competent at.
I don't try to emulate him but there are hints in some of my photos
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Post by dreampolice on Aug 11, 2023 6:59:38 GMT
I hate to say it, since I was of the same opinion initially, but he has grown on me. OK it's not a reflection of the norm, but it does highlight the section of the population we'd rather not identify with. We look away, but he doesn't. Growing up near to York I would try to visit exhibitions at the Impressions Gallery when ever I visited the city, I think I must have first seen Martin Parr's work when I was in my early teens. At the time many of the people in his pictures seemed quite ordinary, they looked like the people of Hull or our West Yorkshire hill farming relatives. At the time I did not think he had any influence on me but looking back at transparencies I took, I now think he may have.
I would have been fourteen using a compact camera, people generally ignored me and let me take pictures.
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Post by velocette on Aug 11, 2023 9:23:53 GMT
It was Fay Godin's book Romney Marsh that first interested me in B&W landscapes many years ago and picking it up again the photos still appeal to me. I knew nothing of her but for some reason her eye just seemed to spark my interest. Some years of boring grainy medium format prints followed before I returned as God had intended to photographing walls and doors.
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Post by peterba on Aug 11, 2023 12:38:51 GMT
It was Fay Godin's book Romney Marsh that first interested me in B&W landscapes many years ago and picking it up again the photos still appeal to me. I knew nothing of her but for some reason her eye just seemed to spark my interest. Some years of boring grainy medium format prints followed before I returned as God had intended to photographing walls and doors.
After reading this, I *think* yours is a vote in favour of Fay Godwin's work... but I'm not entirely sure!  
BTW, I presume that you're the Velocette from AP forum?
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Post by velocette on Sept 1, 2023 8:34:15 GMT
Yes I'm the same, slightly older Velocette and I did and still do love grainy B&W photos but landscapes never really did it for me although I tried for years and enjoyed being out in them.
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Post by don on Sept 1, 2023 16:00:51 GMT
It was Fay Godin's book Romney Marsh that first interested me in B&W landscapes many years ago and picking it up again the photos still appeal to me. I knew nothing of her but for some reason her eye just seemed to spark my interest. Some years of boring grainy medium format prints followed before I returned as God had intended to photographing walls and doors. Just had a brief look for it,! That’s twice today I’ve been astounded 😮 by differing prices ! 5.50 versus thirty five quid ain’t got a patch on four quid to one hundred and thirty quid for this morning search. |
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