Topic: Photo Essay - My neighbour Reg - Man of the Dales

[Wensleydale Blue]

Here's a sequence that I did a few years ago for a course in photography that I was studying.  The idea behind the assignment was to try and shoot in the style of a photographer you liked.  These were my attempt at shooting a la Bill Brandt.  Reg was a sweet and kind man who passed away last year and I now have a large print of him on my study wall as a tribute to him.

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[Mike (happyforest)]

Nice Series of images.

Not really familiar with Bill Brandt work so no idea whether you succeeded in emulating his style.


Mike

[charles binns]

Nice series  -  the first pic is a lovely portrait

[f6point3]

Nice work!  Very good contrasty pics.  The 2nd one is a little strange, in that the sheep is in a position that reminds me of a Terry Gilliam animation from Monty Python.    Plus, he (the sheep), looking directly at the camera, appears to want to comment on his odd plight.  This is my favorite of the three, naturally.

[Soap]

The first one is ASTONISHING. I figured people stopped making real life portraits and do croppy 80mm headshots now. I absolutely salute you for capturing that beautiful essence of a man who had a time and place now immortalized as a piece of art that holds real emotions! Bravissimo! 

[gregor]

These remind me - in a very good way - of the work of humanitarian photographer, Jean Mohr. Very nice...

[Late Developer]

Lovely shots, Graham. Difficult to pick out a favourite from three such seriously good photos. The first name that sprang to mind when I saw them was James Ravilious but I can see a Bill Brandt-esque style there, too.