I decided to bullet point some factors i wanted to try and get into each photo. Some of them were a little too hard to come by, but i wanted to at least show that they were an inspiration for my photos. Jotting down ideas plus a little bit of playing around when i get to the actual location is usually how i work. 

Jimmy Carr, 2009 - Andy Hollingworth

I've admired Andy's work for a while, i've known of his work and him through mutual friends and such, and i always love his use of light within his photos. He always manages to capture the stage lights on the subject perfectly. This photo in particular i love, because it has such a tiny amount within it, it only gives us the outline of the subject. It's an interesting way of taking photos of a person. 

I had this idea of taking lots of angles of a person, or parts of a person, and piecing together to make into one photo. 

This morning i happened to stumble across a post online involving the same idea but through polaroid images.

She, 2011 - Patrick Winfield

I like how each individual photo can tell a story within it, but together it pieces together a person in a surrealist way. 

Gene Kelly's Grand Jete, 1944 - Gjon Mili

I generally like movement within photography. I like how a photographer can express movement in different ways. I like this photo because it's as if it's showing steps of a dance. Each moment is potrayed within the frame, and they flow through each other, as the dance does.

I wanted to show movement in my photo in some way. Capture a moment in mid movement and have it potray the same elegant feel as this photo does. 

Ernst Reuter, Socialist Mayor Of West Berlin, 1949 - Charles Steinhelmer

I mainly like this photo because of the reflections on the platform. The photographer has utilised the water to make the subject of the photo and his surroundings elongated and a dominant focus in the photo. 

 The Walk To Paradise Garden, 1946 - Eugene Smith

I like this photo because it has a sort of innocence to it. Two children exploring the woodland. I like how the trees surround the children who are just off centre, they frame them perfectly, but also the contast in light from the trees to the children is nice too.

I am always interested in forests and trees, so i wanted to incorporate into my photos somehow. Seeing this photo just intensified the want to incorporate that idea into my work. I wanted to take the theme of woodland and exploration and put into my own style in my photo. 

Teenager, Webster Groves, MO, 1944 - Nina Leen 

This photo appealed to me not entirely because of how the photos looked, but how they told a story. I like how the photographer has used a series of photos to show the situation of a teenager on the phone. You can feel as if she's being nagged at by her father to get off the phone, but she refuses. I like the idea behind it, but the photos themselves are also interesting. I like the darkened doorway and the single chair, it gives the photos a defined look.

This photo made me want to create a kind of series of photos that portray a story or happening within a clear space.

The first step i did for this photo project was hit the library. I wanted to find a mix of photos that were interesting and different, but usually tell a story within them. The main book i found myself going through and really enjoying was 'The Great Life Photographers' by Thames and Hudson. The book holds photos from every photographer involved with Life Magazine throughout it's history. It holds a complete mix of photos within, which is why i found myself so interested in it. I decided to go through and study each photo, writing down every page number of a photo i admired.

And through these photos, went back and decided which ones really stood out for me, and why they appealed to me.