Documentary Photography

One photographer I'm interested in is Jacob Ring. Although I am not going to study him.
http://jacobring.com/

Jacob Ring is a documentary photographer, but often moves away from that subject and goes on to photograph non-documentary.

A selection of personal black and whites shot on 35mm film.

"Jacob Ring is a photographer whose gritty portrayal of even grittier urban environments oscillate effortlessly between colour saturated euphoria and eerie compositions with double exposed apparitions. We haven't been this impressed in a long time."

- Ashley Chang, Pedestrian TV

The photographer I am going to study is Nan Goldin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nan_Goldin


 Nan Goldin stays only on the subject of documentary photography, and her photos are easy to copy. Her photography is mostly aimed at the abuse ans sexual side of things.

Analyzing four pictures

After knowing who I wanted to look like (Amy Lee), I managed to chose a costume that resembled her look. The hair, though, couldn't be achieved very well, as Amy Lee has long black hair, and I have short red/purple hair.
The photos that were taken show me posing what my alter ego would pose like.

Photo 1 is of me, doing a typical Amy Lee pose, edited into a gothic background. I did this mainly because I liked the picture, and I have a weird obsession with gothic-looking castles or mansions. It also reminded me very much of the building used on the cover of The Open Door album (by Evanescence). Again, relating back to Amy Lee, my alter ego.

Photo 2 is a casual stance, but edited onto a scratchy background. On another post, I posted a picture of Amy Lee on a scratchy dark background. So, again, this reminded me of her, so I used it, and I love it.

Photo 3 is me next to Jared Leto (lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars). I'm in the same stance as the above picture, and I think this looks realistic (the shadows behind me, making it look like mine).

Now, photo 4 is very special to me - me and Amy Lee. I used the typical Amy pose for this one, as I'm edited in next to her, while Amy is doing her other typical pose. It's a simple blue background, which makes us stand out.

The originals