Comparison of my work to artists work.

These are three of my final images compared to three images by Richard Billingham, overall I think you can see the influence of Richard Billingham's work in my images, I have tried take influence from his style by capturing conventional moments of people in their natural environments getting on with their everyday lives, trying to give a sense that you are not looking at an image but are just another person in the room that they don't notice.The main focus of my images was to document and capture the life of my grandmother who has Alzheimer's, my intention was to try and capture candid moments of their everyday life, by capturing the constant surprised and dazed look of my grandmother and them going about their everyday life. I wanted to be able to follow the idea of Conventions and groups of people and by taking photos of my own family I think that I have captured a different and more personal perspective than if I had documented strangers. I tried to make sure that the composition of each photo reflected the closeness of the topic and how it was from a personal perspective rather than an outsider, as part of the composition of the images I wanted the people to be the main subject but also have their everyday surroundings which are a big part of their lives also be a focus of the images. As I wanted the images to be a reflection of the people and their lives I tried to keep the lighting quite dull and the colours neutral to reflect the emotions and slow energy of their lives.

Images by Richard Billingham