Whilst looking at both Henner’s and Rickard’s images I saw some
similarities. The images that they have created are made to look surreal and isolated.
They both are focusing on something very real and problematic. I feel that the
use of pixilation adds to the devastating areas you see via these images; the
images that both have created feel empty, almost deserted.
The image 1 and 2 I feel show the isolation very well. Although in
image 2 you can see the presence of cars and shops, I feel that the environment
that is surrounding looks very derelict and run down. The 3 people that are
walking across the road look like ghosts almost; the only people who seem to be
living in this space. The way Rickard as adjusted and composted the images
makes us feel like something suspicious is going on. Although not as isolated
as Henners images, I find the fact you can very much tell that there is a vast
differences between the poor and rich I feel that the isolation of class is
very much visible in Rickard’s images.
Image 3 shows a lone boy cycling past houses that are boarded up and
run down. I feel this may show the isolation of Rickard images more; but I feel
it resembles similarities with Henner’s work. The people in image 1 and 3 are
shown to be alone in the image, almost signifying their separation from the
space around them. I also feel that Image 3 has some similarities with Image 4.
Image 4 shows two women sitting on a sofa on the side of the road, as though
this is very much a natural part of their living. I feel that both image 3 and
4 shows that the people within that environment are very comfortable and used
to how they live and the space around them; I feel this is also the case for
image 1 and 2. All 4 of the images have people within them, they all seem to be
pretty relaxed within their environment; I feel this is what both photographers
are trying to show.
Image 1
Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
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