Thursday, 2 April 2009

Back of Black

Just looking for some feedback on this shot below, I cannot decided if it is mundane or interesting. It's the back of the pleasure beach.

Thoughts??

Blackpool

I took a walk round the back streets of Blackpool last week. I set off aiming to get to the pleasure beach without going on any streets I recognised. I discovered some of the most run down areas and plain and simple poverty. I shot some generic "look how bad this place is", sympathetic/exploitative, Martin Parr-esq stuff (see below).





It's kinda difficult not to when you are confronted with this sort of poverty, I suppose being at Uni and coming from a home where the bread line is a dot in the distance, you forget this poverty still exists.

I'll be heading back out to shoot some more, with a less obvious opinionated discourse.

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Ilford

Bit of a long over due post, but I have been away on work experience and am still recovering from the 5 one week briefs.... anyway!

Shot some 120mm stuff on Ilford FP4 which I haven't done since my A'level so the processing side was a bit touch and go but managed to churn out some negs. Only scanned the one in as yet, as I have zero patience.

Here's Greta, looking grainy, the best/worst thing about FP4 depending on your view point. I meant to shoot some with a touch of back light but it slipped my mind.