INSPIRATIONS

MARK COHEN

Mark Cohen is an American photographer best known for his innovative close-up street photography. Cohen’s major books of photography are Grim Street, True Colour, and Mexico

Mark Cohen brought a literal and innovative closeness that came from his style of holding the camera at arm’s length without looking through the viewfinder while using an unusually wide angle lens.

I would really like to create a juxtaposition in the style of Mark Cohen.

IRA COHEN

Ira Cohen was an American poet, publisher, photographer and filmmaker. Cohen lived in Morocco and in New York City in the 1960s, he was in Kathmandu in the 1970s and travelled the world in the 1980s, before returning to New York, where he spent the rest of his life. Cohen died of kidney failure on April 25, 2011.

Ira Cohen made phantasmagorical films that became cult classics. He developed a way of taking photographs in mesmerizing, twisting colours, including a famous one of Jimi Hendrix. He published works by authors like William Burroughs and the poet Gregory Corso. He wrote thousands of poems himself. He wrote “The Hashish Cookbook” under the name Panama Rose. He called himself “the conscience of Planet Earth.”

I would really like to create a double/multi-exposure in the style of Ira Cohen.

PENNIE SMITH

Pennie Smith (born in London) is an English photographer, known for her photography of the rock music industry. She specialises in black-and-white photography.

Pennie Smith photographed the iconic album cover for The Clash’s “London Calling”, her photographs display music icons such as Siouxsie Sioux, Sid Vicious as well as The Clash, Bob Marley, The Slits, Amy Winehouse and The Pet Shop Boys alongside the punk scene in the 1970s, with portraits of random concert goers being a common occurrence.

I’m planning to make a photo montage in the style of Pennie Smith’s photography in the same black and white highly contrasted punk style.