A3 EYV – Submission to tutor

Introduction I live in Hong Kong, and it was street style photography that reignited my passion for the craft. However, the bustling streets here don’t always lend themselves to graphic Henri Cartier-Bresson-esque shots. Instead, this environment has led me to view the decisive moment from a new perspective—one that focuses on capturing moments of life […]

A3 EYV First Edit Contacts

This is my first cut of images for Assignment three, I’m using the statement of intent: “Use black & white images to capture the prevalence of mobile telephone use in Hong Kong society.”I have quickly turned each image to B&W before making the contact sheet to give me a better idea of my vision. Once […]

Don McCullin – Book Review

Don McCullin – A Powerful Collection This book was a Christmas present a couple of years ago. As I’ve mentioned earlier in the course, I’ve admired Don McCullin’s work for many years, and I truly believe his imagery was one of the key things that drew me into photography in the first place. At its […]

A3 EYV – the decisive moment.

Assignment 3 – The Decisive Moment Below are a series of contact sheets featuring images I’ve been working on for the past month. You may recognize some from earlier posts, where I was exploring a collection of pictures of crowds, with mobile phones emerging as a secondary theme. For this assignment, I want to continue […]

Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz (born March 1938) As part of my ongoing research into street photographers suggested by my tutor, I’ve recently explored the work of Joel Meyerowitz—someone I must admit I had little knowledge of prior to this. Meyerowitz was first inspired to take up photography after seeing Robert Frank’s work firsthand on a commercial shoot […]

Don McCullin

McCullin: BBC Imagine – A Portrait of Don McCullin Don McCullin is primarily known as a British war photographer, whose work for the Sunday Times in the 1960s and 70s brought images of the Vietnam War, the conflict in Cyprus, and many other global crises to the public’s attention. However, for me, McCullin has always […]