Michelle Sank

Michelle Sank is a South African photographer. She left South Africa in 1978 and has lived in Exeter, in the South West England, since 1987. Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Centre for Photography at Woodstock and the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. She was born in 1953 and prides herself on the diversity of young people in her images.

Her images often depict the youth and usually have vibrant tones. The models in her photographs are often styled with 2000’s clothing.

Sank created this image by taking a face on full body shot. She had her model wear a bright orange ballgown dress to contrast the nature setting behind her making her really stand out. This allows the model to be the main focus of the image.

We are also able to see more modern aspects such as the car’s and electrical wiring in the background again contrasting with the nature we can also see in the image.

Laura Pannack

Laura Pannack is a British social documentary and portrait photographer, based in London. Pannack’s work is often of children and teenagers. Her work has been shown in three solo exhibitions and contributed to a couple of publications. She was born on June 12, 1985 in London.

Her images are usually of young people in some sort of emotional state. Body language and scenery often play a big role in her images with lots of cool tones.

In this image, Pannack focuses the image solely on the model making her the centre point of the image. She took this from a forward facing, eye view angle as well as keeping cool tones in the image. There are also links such as the blue from the girl’s eyes matching against the blue of her jeans or her hair matching the wheat field in the background.

We are also able to see the body language of the girl, her hands are placed awkwardly at the side of her legs and she is looking directly towards the camera with a concerned look on her face indicating she’s nervous.