The work that I showed you of the first photographer I looked at (Lara Jade) were images I liked of hers. I did however mention that I disliked some of her work and did not indulge why. I can't really explain why I dislike the selection of her images that I don't like, but I can give a more specific example. She has produced a project called crime scenes (a few example images are bellow.) Aesthetically I really like the one with the girl in the red dress lying on the snow, it is a very bold and eye catching. The rest I do not find partially interesting. What does annoy me is that there does not seem to be any logical pattern to the project and the photos. Why are they all women? Why are they all elegantly dressed? What relevance does the type of death have? The red dress appears quite a lot but not always... why? And so on. She does not indulge the viewer in any of these answers. Then again it might be the whole point, the photos could be more irractic and less concise so the viewer has to figure out what happend/happening, much like a crime scene.
Personally I'm not sure, but it irritates me none the less. Maybe more than any normal person because I could see myself doing a project and making a 'misktake' like that myself.
It sounds ridiculous but I am rather stuck when It comes to explaining why I like Bill Brandt's work past the pathetic, 'I like it because it looks nice.' I think the first is that lack of contextual understanding of it (I am going to go to the libray and find a book about his work, hint, hint, sugestions.) What I do like especially with his nude photos are how strange it looks, strange in every good sense possible. His nudes are reasonable different comparaed to the.. well great majourity out there. Probably another reason why I like them. As for his portraits, I love how they all look quite smart, almost awkwardly formal.
Sorry about the very vague and confused entry, I will try produce something that actually comes from my brain next time.
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