Portraits
Using lighting and cropping to create mood
My best photos
refining my photos
The taylor wessing portrait prize
my visit to the taylor wessing prize.
peter zelewski
Peter Zelewski is a London-based portrait and documentary photographer. Born in Detroit, USA, he moved to London in the late 80s and studied Graphic Design at North London Polytechnic. Through his fascination and love of the city, he was drawn to the streets of London to take photographs of its citizens. Zelewski now divides his time between graphic design, commercial photography and his personal street portraiture projects. Zelewski’s portrait Nyaueth was taken near Oxford Street as part of his series Beautiful Strangers.
Zelewski explains: ‘The aim of Beautiful Strangers is to challenge the concept of traditional beauty with a series of spontaneous and powerful street portraits of everyday citizens who show character, uniqueness and a special inner quality, which I try to interpret in my photographs.’
Zelewski explains: ‘The aim of Beautiful Strangers is to challenge the concept of traditional beauty with a series of spontaneous and powerful street portraits of everyday citizens who show character, uniqueness and a special inner quality, which I try to interpret in my photographs.’
analysing zelewski's photograph
recreating zelewski's photography.
my response to zelewski's themes
refining my photos
David hockney
analysing a hockney photograph
This is a photo of a David Hockney. I can see multiple view points of his face. He is against a white background which makes the shape of his outline stand out. By making the face into fragments I think it show the many different views and opinions we can have of one person. The photograph is made up of many small photos taken of the same person. Each time the photographer has changed the position of the camera and the model. This technique is called photomontage. The studio lighting is soft and creates warm tones in the skin. I like this photograph because it captures the facial expression of Hockney in a relaxed pose. Almost as if he hasn't seen the photographer. I will use this style of photography to create my own portraits that have a broken fragmented feel.
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my response to hockney
To create this photomontage I used a tool in photoshop. Instructions can be found by clicking here