This is my image in the style of contemporary photographer Martin Parr. The image has been taken using a Canon G1X compact camera with built-in flash. This isn't in keeping with Parr's preferred choice of camera or flash, however the image has been cropped to 6 x 4.5 format in Photoshop.
With regards to post - production, the colour saturation of the image has been increased. This was done to reflect the highly saturated, garish colours that can be seen in almost all of Parr's later work. The contrast has also been increased slightly to further the distinction between colours.
The subject matter is partially derived from the body of Parr's work featured in the book entitled Signs of the Times (1992). The Ercol (a furniture manufacturer dating back to the 1920s) furniture either side of the fireplace bestows a quintessentially English element upon the image. The quintessentially English is a reoccurring element in much of Parr's work.
The composition of the image is seemingly straightforward but in reality well considered.
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| Technical Details - ISO 125 - 1/125 - f 8 |
These are images from the book, Signs of the Times, that I have used as a point of reference for my own work.
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