Lewis showed me a really good site called the Behance network, and in particular the work of Benoit Paillé, a French Canadian photographer.
I was looking for a different take on street portraiture for the summer book project as that was one of my original ideas for the book project.
The lighting that he uses to create vibrant yet very softly saturated colours for his portraits is a style I would quite like to emulate.
Also his use of composition creates a mood within the images using very sparse scenery.
One of his series Undernight does, in my opinion, clearly references the surreal imagery created by Gregory Crewdson, following the staged surrealist form. Much like Crewdson's work it ask's the viewer to consider a range of possible scenario's as to why the subjects find themselves in such seemingly bizzare or strange positions, yet does not necessarily give finite answers.
This is an area I am very keen to look at in my own work so as to push myself conceptually as opposed to just reacting to what is presented before me.
Most of Paillé's work can be viewed here.
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