Life as a student: Contextual Studies 2

In my second year of Photography at Newcastle college I received a module called "Contextual Studies 2". I immediately freaked out as I hated Contextual Studies in my first year, it was just an essay about an area of Photography and I purposely chose a creative career pathway to get away from essays. However, this year I had the task of writing a 2,500 word essay and producing a supporting image in the style of my chosen photographer. I decided to focus on surrealist photography, writing my essay about how the field has changed and how in general photography has changed over the years mainly focussing on how Photoshop and digital imaging have replaced film cameras and having to produce surreal effects in camera.

My chosen photographer was Tommy Ingberg. A Swedish surrealist photographer and one of my inspirations. I decided to take a look at his "Reality Rearranged" images and produce one that referenced the set as if being part of it, rather than reshooting an image he had produced. One of his images shows an invisible man, my interpretation of this was someone who does a lot of work for society, but hardly gets any credit and fades into the background, like some Firefighters for example. They do such an amazing job for society but hardly ever have their efforts recognised. I decided to create the reverse of this; a statue head in place of a persons head. I did this as I believe people such as celebrities don't really contribute to society, but they are classed as role models and idolised like statues.

Below is my final image in the style of Tommy Ingberg. To see more of his work, please visit: http://www.ingberg.com he is an amazing photographer and you will be able to see how my image has been created using inspiration from his work.