Monday 2 March 2015

Inspiration #1- Flip Franssen

One of the first places I looked for inspiration was on a website called Lensculture. This website let me conduct a search and find photographers and photography projects relating to my project.
From looking online I found multiple times of photographs that had any relation to my project and the following was included. The photographers name is Flip Franssen.

Flip Franssen is a photographer and after researching him further, found that he works commonly in journalistic photography. His images are typically black and white which is why this project stands out more as the use of colour in the following shots are one of the main focuses. I also found that Franssen likes to refer to his images as 'timeless'. This related with my projects as the thought of death symbolizes the peace and tranquility of his images. I also looked into the way he takes his images and typically he takes images that are busy and contain a lot of people which contrasts these images.
The project named 'Forever Goodbyes' shows a series of pictures that use colour, tone and grain to show the peacefulness and silence of those who have passed.
I have taken massive inspiration from these images as certain ones show blooming flowers and woodland in relation to those who have passed.
I like the way the flowers and woodland looks in contrast with the grey and bland colours of the graveyard and gravestones. I have also taken inspiration from these images as I like the way they are composed, the way they have been created. I like the way the images have been cropped almost in the moment and show the environment in such a small picture.

I want to use these images to relate back to and compare my images with.

Here below are the main images from the series I have taken inspiration from and looked further into.












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