David Ellison is only 3 years older than me and was featured in the Autumn 2009 edition of the seesaw online magazine. What I like about his imagery is the simplicity of the images and, similar to the images in the taylor wessing exhibition, hold very powerful emotions. The models tend not to be looking at the lens and with their body either perpendicular or at 45 degrees to the camera. The models are all workers so are shot in their work wear such as a butcher and a coal miner with black stained skin. Another interesting thing he has done is have the image of head of shoulders positioned alongside their function as a worked, for example the butcher is pictured alongside his wellies. The Coal miner is pictured alongside his hands holding coal.
I find this piece of work a very interesting display of portraiture and a nice and similar approach to what I want from this project.
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