The City...

The city, Manchester, my city...

So in my last post on here I presented you with the images from our 'Urban Walk' around Manchester city centre. Now I know it was only 5 days ago since I posted them but it seems a world away, everything's starting to become blurry through all the work...

Anyway, today in my presentation I seeked some help as I felt I was lost as to where this brief goes next. I know we have to create a series of work around the city and our take on psychogeography. I was told to go away, look at the work I created last week and see what, if anything, can be done to further it. On the bus on the way home I wrote a few notes/questions down what I think can help me take my work further if need be...

• Look at who my work most represents?
• Who influenced them?
• Why am I influenced by them?
• Look at how I can extend on my work

Before I started uni, I'd say my work mostly consisted of landscape photography but in the 9 or so weeks since I've been here I have took a completely different path in my work, one I feel is a lot more interesting. I am starting to produce a lot more detailed work, looking at the smaller picture rather than the big. Not exactly macro close ups but looking to see what's closer to me, on the floor, on buildings etc.

Looking back over the four photographers I've researched in my earlier posts I think the one who my work most represents would be the Boyle family, I haven't exactly blind folded people and given them an air rifle to shoot at a map but the exact pin point detail is more significant than say Eugene Arget's work.

I can't find no references to any photographers or artists for the Boyle family's inspirations but I've found that when Mark Boyle was in the army he wrote a lot of poetry. His was said to have a big love of Dadaism, Surrealism, Photorealism and Hyperrealism.
Dadaism: The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-warpolitics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. -Wikipedia.


I wouldn't say I was influenced by them, I wouldn't say I have an influence from any photographer to be honest, not knowingly anyway. Maybe when I find my own 'style' I could look to see who's work mine is most representative of but until then I'll just keep growing and being my own individual inspiration!

I think the only way for me to further my work is to get out there with my camera and just keep snapping. The hands on approach has always been the best way to learn, for me anyway.