Francis Foot:

“Francis Foot was born in 1885, the son of Francois Foot (1847-1918) and Louisa Hunt (1843-1934). Francois was a china and Glass dealer in Dumaresq Street, at a time when the area was one of the more affluent in St Helier. His son started his working life as a gas fitter. However, he soon became fascinated by photography and the early phonographs and gramophone records and realised that he could earn a living from them.

So the family took on a second shop in Pitt Street, where Francis worked as a photographer, while his father and mother sold gramophones, records and other wares in Dumaresq Street. After his father’s death, Francis concentrated the business in Pitt Street.

Francis married Margaret Vernon shortly before the First World War and the couple had four children, George (1914- ), Stanley (1915- ), Dora (1917- ) and Reg (1920- ).”
https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Francis_Foot

Analysing Image:

Technical:

This images was taken with natural lighting as this photo was taken a long time ago. It is difficult to establish the aperture and shutter speed as this photo was taken a very long time ago and a different camera was used.

Conceptual:

This photo was taken at the beach, with Francis’ two kids George and Stanley playing in the sand. The idea behind this photo is to show the kids whilst they are having fun and enjoying their time.

Contextual:

Additionally, this photo was taken in a environmental photo style. It could also be taken to document the two boys lives and to keep memories.

Visual:

This image is in black and white which gives a vintage feel to the photo. The under exposure and sharpness of this photo shows that it is an old photo and that it was taken a long time go.