Response to the Boyle Family

The photography work of the Boyle Family that I’m responding to typically examines the surface of the earth, road markings and manhole covers.

I walked around the urban area of St. Helier. I wanted my images to have the same style as the Boyle’s photographs by capturing pictures of the ground from my viewpoint. This displays the view that everyone sees on a day to day basis but never looks at twice.

When taking pictures, I made sure to show the various different qualities on the ground. Like the Boyle family, I wanted to capture images of street corners, roads with yellow markings, different textures of tarmac and cobbles.

Once I had enough photos, I made a contact sheet to help me select the best images. There is no editing on their images so I kept it minimalistic by slightly adjusting the contrast, brightness etc. I also cropped the images into a square since they had unwanted space around them.