Ian macdonald.
Ian Macdonald visited college on Tuesday, 2nd April. I've chosen to present a few snaps of his work i managed to get yesterday as he is a well known documentary photographer in our region. Ive found that documentary photography is the photography i am interested in most, whether that be documenting landscapes and buildings such as these or documenting the people in busy public areas.
In terms of looking at this style of documentary photography from a careers point of view, i can see how in some aspects having this style of documentary photography as your signature genre could come with less complications. When not documenting people you avoid many of the laws and restrictions i researched in my first blog post. This still however, faces the problem of not knowing what areas are and are not private land. What can and can't you take images of legally?
I found great inspiration in looking at the work produced by Ian Macdonald. It was interesting to see first hand actual black and white prints which have been hand produced by the photographer. This really made me consider more what type of camera i would like to mainly work with when i strive to achieve a career in photography. The look and feel of prints actually captured and developed by the photographer themselves made me feel like there was so much more value to the images.
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