Research - Famous Photographs.

Lewis Hine - This solemn picture portrays the negative atmosphere that so clearly surrounds these young coal miners. Compressing them together to suggest the expendability of the individual and the group. Its ultimately creates awareness to the public on how the coal miner's situation really is.

Lee Miller - Nazi criminals poised as poorly disguised jews and were captured by allied forces. This nazi's vulnerablity is exposed in this chilling image due to the raw 'face on' angle that the picture was taken in. It has a sadistic value, as the allied forces gained power the nazi's vulnerability becomes something to exploit.

Sometimes a picture can explain everything, from the context to the emotions. This picture represents the mass death of mostly jews and other nazi enemies. Its horrific content instantly shocks us; the shock value of a picture can play an important factor in its popularity. By George Rodger.

This famous picture by Nick UT is from the vietnam war thatvividly portrays the laissez-faire attitude of the soldiers towards the burning children. Extremely horific scenes depicted in this snapshot ensnare a cold sense of humanity. The blatant imagery needs no explicit explanation.

This simple picture of men standing around has no obvious context. Its just a picture of a man going about his day. It portrays no extreme emotions. I like this picture for its ambigious context which envokes thought and questioning. This is Phillip jones griffiths. I took a snapshot of an event that was happening but instead of photographing the event he took an image of the reaction.

This polaroid by Jim Goldberg (Magnum Collective) has a simple concept - the context is defined by the writing around the main image. Adding a sense of connection and true understanding of the image due to the personal, informal writing provided.

How does this relate to my work?

All the images shown are taken for the purpose of awareness and allowing people to discuss certain topics that may be taboo or unpopular to talk about. Even though these photographers have a global influence, their image is an originally local issue. By showing us the local issue they make us aware of the global one. I too have taken image of my town's local issue adding the awareness of the global one - Environmental Pollution, The Neglect of our buildings & The Neglect of our Earth.