Lunchbreak - you can keep your hat on
I don’t often take photographs of people. That’s not to say I don’t like candid or street photography but I prefer documentary photography, in particular the work of Don McCullin and James Ravilious. James in particular has long been an inspiration. I love the way he photographed life in his little corner of Devon.
For the last year or so I’ve been taking pictures as part of a documentary of the work we do as volunteers at a Natural England Nature Reserve in Wiltshire. I always have in the back of mind “how would James Ravilious have recorded this?” I try not to simply mimic other photographers. How could anyone live up to the standards set by him and Don McCullin? But it helps me to think about their work when framing my own shots.
On this particular day in July we had been brush cutting and fence building. It was hot and we stopped for lunch resting against the trailer that carried our tools to the site at the far end of the reserve. A beautiful peaceful spot even with the ever present hum of the nearby A303.
Lunchbreak - you can keep your hat on
I don’t often take photographs of people. That’s not to say I don’t like candid or street photography but I prefer documentary photography, in particular the work of Don McCullin and James Ravilious. James in particular has long been an inspiration. I love the way he photographed life in his little corner of Devon.
For the last year or so I’ve been taking pictures as part of a documentary of the work we do as volunteers at a Natural England Nature Reserve in Wiltshire. I always have in the back of mind “how would James Ravilious have recorded this?” I try not to simply mimic other photographers. How could anyone live up to the standards set by him and Don McCullin? But it helps me to think about their work when framing my own shots.
On this particular day in July we had been brush cutting and fence building. It was hot and we stopped for lunch resting against the trailer that carried our tools to the site at the far end of the reserve. A beautiful peaceful spot even with the ever present hum of the nearby A303.