Photograph from Bettina von Zwehl, series Profiles 1, 2001 

Photographs taken by Horst Diekgerdes and Willy Vanderperre, found in ARENA+ fashion magazine. 

Make-up by Peter Philips 

Gender Identity

Here are examples from the body of work I produced in the second term this year. With this project I developed a better understanding of contemporary image making by exploring the underlying social dynamics with in this series of portraits, which looks at the representation of masculinity.

Exploring typologies I photographed individuals from groups of rowers, dancers and cheerleaders. My finals were presented on boards, which were made up of four portraits taken from one of these three groups, focusing on each individual as well as looking at the relationship of each within the group. 

Each sitter is photographed in a passport style portrait against a plain background showing neutral expressions, giving little insight into the identity of the sitter apart from aspects such as their clothing, which ties them to their groups.   

Photograph taken in Nottingham documenting British street styles. 

Below are photographs take in Berlin, for my first project this year. I documented street styles in Nottingham and Berlin as I wanted to explore how much what people are wearing can tell you about a city and it's different cultures, I also wanted to look at what influences the way a person dresses and how much information you can obtain about a people by simply studying what they are wearing. 

Street Style Photography