Photography a-level Year 2

The work of Chris Killip present the lower working class life, as every photograph he takes displays a dark and gritty atmosphere as well as this many of his images display heavy contrast, which describes the dark tone of all of his images. Many of his popular images were takes in economically drained area of England such as Northumbria in Newcastle and North Yorkshire. The choice to have his images closer to home unlike many other photographers I have researched, who choose to go abroad to war torn countries such as South Africa or war photographers who went to Korea and Vietnam. I admire Chris Killip's use of contrast as even though many of the images are very dark they display a great amount of detail in every edge of the image and the choice of taking images of children and families adds a very realistic tone to all of his images.

An image portraying everyday working class people, as seen by a group of men working in a factory as this is set in 1960's New York An image portraying segregation and the division of class and it's affect towards everyday american people Robert Frank Robert frank is a Swiss photographer who took many photos of American Society from an outsiders view, many of his photos express the idea of the american dream, as well as the existence of the lower class and segregation, as in many of his images it either  shows an idea of the simpler times america once experienced, or the dark truth that plague american people less fortunate than others. As well as this the time period is well fitting to what Robert frank is portraying in his photos as the technology at the time restricted many photographers initial ideas, as there is no colour in any of the images, but with Robert frank, the design of black and white adds a gritty realistic tone to all of t

In this image we are given more detail about the conditions many american families had to live with as we see a car in the distance yet it probably has no fuel and is a temporary home, as well as this we can see firewood as the family is forced to camp out away from the city      One of Dorothea Lange's most iconic images of her and her young children in the middle of the great depression  Images taken by Dorothea Lange were heavily influenced by real life events that affected both her family and the majority of american people. This is because many of Dorothea Lange's images display her personal struggles with her young children during the great depression, which is arguably one of the hardest points in american history for both working class and the upper class as many businesses were forced to close down, meaning many jobs were lost and many everyday people were in very poor conditions. Like i previously mentioned with the work of Robert Frank the c