Martin Parr has been one of my favourite photographers because of his documentary photography; it’s brightly coloured and realistic. He takes photos of simple, ordinary moments and turns them into something special, like the mundane life of the British seaside. He took photos of fish and chips and Hockings ice cream. I like how much his photos have high bright colour; he explained that he always wanted his photos to be bright and cheerful even if they might not be as cheerful as what they seem, and he always used the flash when doing The Last Resort. I first found out who he was during my first year 9 photography project. I replicated his work and took photographs of ice cream vans near the beach and the simple beach huts. After that i started to learn more about him and decided he was my favourite photographer.

I really like Irving Penn because of his black and white photography; he has explored all types, and I like almost all of them. My favourite would be the Antique Shop; this work has been considered as documentary photography and early urban street photography. Most of his work is quite minimalist, and you can clearly see what the focus of his photos is, which is something I really like and want to do with my own. Another reason I like him is that even though this famous photographer is known for his fashion and portrait work, he’s experimented with a multitude of different things. I only recently found out about his work when I did a project for class, and I needed to do a bit of research on black and white images and the impact that they can have on an image.

Simone Nieweg focuses on agricultural landscapes in rural Germany. I have chosen her as one of my favourite photographers because I enjoy landscape photography, and she does exactly what I do and what I like to capture. Most people can sometimes overlook the beauty in simple things such as fields and trees, but she takes photos in a way that captures the vibrant colours without overdoing it. All her photos have meanings and an idea which she shows, which in my opinion, is something that’s greatly important, going back to when Martin Parr said, “If you can’t explain what you’re doing in one sentence, it’s hardly worth doing.” I believe in this because for me, I have to know what I’m doing to be able to take the photo.