Monday, October 14, 2013

David Severn

DAVID SEVERN IS A YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN NOTTINGHAM. HIS PROFESSIONALISM IS DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY. HE REALLY ENJOYS DOING ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS, BASICALLY EVERYTHING HE DOES YOU CAN FIND ONLINE ON HIS WEBSITE, ALSO HE USES FLACKPHOTO.COM WHERE YOU CAN ALSO FIND LOADS OF MANY DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK. DAVID USES THIS WEBSITE TO FIND AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT POST THEIR WORK THERE. THIS PHOTOGRAPHIC WEBSITE IS RUN BY ANDY ADAMS. DAVID LIKES EVERYONE TO SEE WHAT HIS PROJECTS ARE AND ALWAYS TELLS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM BECAUSE HE LIKES WHEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS WORK AND EVERY SINGLE IMAGES IS ABOUT. AND THIS IS WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT HIM AS IT'S NICE TO KNOW WHAT HE FEELS AND THINKS ABOUT HIS OWN PHOTOGRAPHS. DAVID THINKS THAT IT IS VERY NICE TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE THAT YOU TAKE IMAGES OF AS IT'S GREAT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEIR STORY IS BECAUSE THEN I THINK WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU WHAT THE IMAGE IS ABOUT AND WHO IS THE PERSON ON THE IMAGES YOU CAN ALWAYS RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. SEVERN IS ONE OF THEM PHOTOGRAPHERS WHEN HE SEES SOMETHING INTERESTING HE WILL PHOTOGRAPH IT STRAIGHT AWAY. SAME WITH THE LIGHT ON THE TREES THAT HE TOOK AN IMAGE OF, WHICH THEN CAME OUT AS A GREAT IMAGES WITH A STRONG CONTRAST. WHILE HE WAS TELLING US ABOUT HIS WORK HE TOLD US A LOT ABOUT "THANKS MAGGIE PROJECT" WHICH I COULD TELL WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM AS HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT IT WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND HE WAS TELLING US ABOUT EVERY SINGLE IMAGE THAT HE TOOK FOR THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT SERIES OF IMAGES ABOUT MANSFIELD. FOR THIS PROJECT HE TOOK IMAGES OF PEOPLES NORMAL, USUAL DAY OF THEIR LIFE. ON HIS WEBSITE I FOUND THIS PROJECT CALLED "ODDS AND ENDS" WHICH REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE! THE IMAGES FORM THAT PROJECT ARE GREAT. I DON'T PARTICULARLY KNOW WHAT THE IMAGES ARE ABOUT BUT THE IMAGES ARE OF PEOPLE AND SOME PLACES. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOS IN THIS PROJECT IS ONE WITH A YOUNG MAN SITTING ON A BENCH BY THE TREE. THE REASON WHY I LIKE THIS IMAGE IS BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT KIND OF FEELING WHERE I COULD STARE AT THIS PICTURE FOR A LONG TIME. OVERALL I THINK THAT DAVID SEVERN IS VERY TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER WHO DOCUMENTS HIS WORK PERFECTLY.


My images of Eggleston's style

THIS TWO IMAGES ARE THE ONES I TOOK BY DIRECTING MY SELF INTO A WILLIAM EGGLESTON STYLE. I FOUND THIS IMAGE THAT WILLIAM TOOK OF HIS FREEZER AND I DECIDED TO TAKE ONE IMAGE OF MY FREEZER AS THIS IS WHAT YOU USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND WILLIAM'S STYLE WAS TO TAKE IMAGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE. SO I THOUGHT THAT IF HE TOOK A PICTURE OF FREEZER I CAN DO IT AS A PRACTICE BECAUSE FREEZER IS WHAT YOU USE IN EVERYDAY LIFE, YOU PUT YOUR FOOD THERE NEARLY EVERY DAY AND YOU TAKE IT OUT TO COOK IT TOO AND THAT IS WHAT EVERYONE DOES. I ALSO TOOK AN IMAGE OF MY CEILING AS EGGLESTON TOOK ONE LIKE THAT TOO AND IT BECAME REALLY KNOWN AS "THE RED CEILING".


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