Martin Parr
Genre/ Category:
Parr's genre of photography is mostly photojournalism and social reportage, this is a perfect photo for these genres as he is a British photographer who takes photos mostly based in Britain on British events and everyday life, this shot was most likely taken at a bake sale or something of the sort, its purpose maybe even being to promote the bake sale in a newspaper for example.
Analysis/ Meaning:
He has captured the British spirit in his photo, by including the Union Jack's colours as they're the colours that typically represent Britain. In this photo, as I said he has used contrasting colours, coincidentally the colours of the Union Jack contrast together very well, making the photo look eye catching. This photo fits into the rule of thirds (As shown below), most of the British flags are in most of the sections and this makes the image more interesting as it isn't dull with nothing to look at, but the opposite of that. Martin Parr has also used the point of interest technique where something is central to the photograph and is there for you to see first before anything else on the photo, he may of even implied the meaning of this photo through that very technique as it is in my opinion, about British pride, and the first thing you see is the British flag, giving the idea to the viewer this photo is to do with Britain.
Purpose:
As I said his genre of photography is both social reportage and photojournalism, meaning that his photos are either used in Newspapers, or used just to show the everyday social life of people, this one was most likely used in a newspaper article that was based around this bake sale.
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