Carl De Keyzer
I chose to take out a few books from the library surrounding photographers who capture documentary photography, seeing as though this is what I am so greatly interested in.
I wanted to explore the different styles and techniques of different documentary photographers. Heres a great photographer I found called Carl De Keyzer, I've chosen to just represent a few of the images I felt interested me most.
What I find most appealing about this photographers work and his images on a whole is the bright and bold style they're captured in; This reminds me slightly of the work by Martin Parr; another documentary photographer whom I find very inspiring.
The majority of images I was interested in by this photographer seemed to images of crowds, religious themes and war. I think the subject of war and religion are two incredibly interesting things to document with photography as they are both often linked to one another and are both subjects which are currently in the media and watched on by all people around the world. They're two subjects which almost everyone has a strong opinion on.
I feel documenting war especially is something which is such a great idea as most of us are only exposed to war through the media such as the news. War can therefore be represented in a certain way in order to force people into thinking particular things about war. I personally don't believe we are all exposed to the truth around war; documentary photography however, is something which can successfully do this.
Has this photographer tried to present war and in a certain way? Or has he captured raw images of what is true.
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