I’ve Lived in East London for 86 1/5 years – Martin Usborne

I like this photograph because of its vibrant colours which is the first thing I noticed when I looked at this photograph I think it attracts the viewers attention. I think that this photograph shows the difference between ages and generations but also how he has adapted to the new youth culture after living in south London for so long. I think this photograph is really interesting because you wouldn’t usually see an older person interacting with people doing graffiti. I like that the photographer taken a wide shot and included the whole painting and even the graffiti artists stuff because I think it adds more to the photograph. Both of the subjects are standing to the side of the graffiti so they are not obstructing it, I think this may have been done on purpose as most of the photographs are staged. Although the main focus point to the photograph is the background I think that Martin Usborne has managed to not fade the subjects into the background. Although the old man is not alone in this photograph I think there is still a barrier which isolates him to a certain extent this photograph, however I don’t know what this is .