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These 6 images where taken when I went out to a Christmas event in Dorset, They do not fit into the Christmas documentary series visually which I previously focused on, but they link into the social documentary aspect of Christmas; leading me back to the work of Martin Parr with the way humans behave whether that’s curious or humorous to viewers.
1. The first images composition sets up a strong tension; the women’s finger is perfectly on the edge of the images boarder; pointing away, whilst another persons arm coming in from the left is drawing attention to the center. The space on the right balances out the image enough to allow it to breath.
2. Both images one and two have the same humorous quality about them, I found the simplicity of a stall owner wearing the same thing their selling; accident or not, funny.
3. This lime green coat was the most striking piece of clothing I could see in the Market, its intense dominant color and texture draws the viewers eyes towards it, especially when it clashes against other colors such as the orange in the back (green and orange are on opposite sides to each other on the color wheel). The coat itself also helps unmask the person wearing it, the coat is an insight to this persons personality.
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Christmas means red.. lots and lots of red
I couldn’t think of a better time to focus on social documentary rather than at Christmas; the king of all holidays. Leading up to Christmas gave me millions of opportunities to get me out documenting my broad theme ‘Christmas’ and the absurd nature of it. I put my attention on the traces of Christmas such as: food, decorations and clothing (especially anything of the traditional Christmas colors – Red, White, Green and Gold).
I chose these five images for my Christmas field study as they are the strongest, each one individually represents Christmas in its own way; this makes them as a series even stronger.
Caprice Molloy Year 12 