Research; Mitch Epstein

These pictures caught my eye as this concept of 'Urban Photography' interests me. The graffitti on the structured layout of this Town/City reveals that people were once here but for the time being this place is abandoned.

The colours and lighting of this image I think gives the photo character and is quite interesting as this image make you want to find out more.



I found this image really interesting. You can just make out on the bottom left of the image that the camera angle overlooks the City, whilst the fog whitens and blurs the background and middle-right view of the image.

The clearly defined cameras suggests that although we may not fully see and understand the City, they (as in the cameras) see everything. They know exactly what's going on.

This photo shows the abandonment and run-down areas that you may come across, which were once booming with business and filled with people.

The bright lighting could suggest hope for this place and that there is still life within it.

With the chairs and tools on the floor, some may assume that the workers just left and this is how the City has changed on it's own without human interraction.

This image reveals the typical structure of buildings within a City. - Lots of offices with lots of windows.

Due to only just being able to see some people in the offices, this photo gives the viewer a kind of spying or peeping feel to it as that may not know someone's looking in.

The different colours of the offices suggests different things. - The cold blue tones to the offices may reveal that there is no one in there. They have all sneaked off home.

Undereneath this, the offices hsve a peachy tone, suggesting warmth and friendlyness between the offices.

Then the bottom-right two offices look very cosy and warm due to the yellowy/orange feel to it.

With these images, I would like to interpret the idea of documenting the goings-on of the City within my work. Capturing the character of the streets, like the various colours and graffiti, and the abandoned streets which may be busy by morning.

I also like the idea of capturing and documenting the run-down abandoned areas where lots of people once were, revealing how the City has changed and is currently always changing.