Photographer Research - Ian Brumpton

Ian Brumpton is a photographer who is well know for his work involving light, looking through his work it is clear that his main focus is shadows.  The majority of his work is in black and white as this tends to emphasise the shadows and makes them clearer where as colour can detract from other elements of a photo especially any shadow within them.

This photo is a high angle of a group of people, I like the way that the shadows of everything are really elongated and that a lot of the shadows are layered on-top of each other creating different shapes or solid blocks.

This photo clearly shows shadows with all of the birds crowded around the two people which creates some interesting shapes where the shadows overlap and merge together,  the bright surface of the lake also provides some stark contrast with the rest of the image.

I like this photo as the light source is behind the women who is walking away from the camera so there isn't any visible detail she is just a silhouette.  I like the way that the light is visible through the reflection on the wet floor and the fact that the light still shines through the spots on her umbrella.

This final photo shows a shadow from a building or something large with a silhouette and shadow of a child running in the distance.  I like the way that there is the thin bars of shadow, from some stairs or possibly blinds on a window, going across the sections of light getting less and less defined the closer to the camera they get.

I find the way that Brumpton uses shadows and silhouettes to create some really nice photographs some with several layers of meaning behind them.  I also think that the fact that his work is almost entirely in black and white which emphasises the light and dark parts of each photo.

To summarise I think Brumpton is a black and white photographer who focuses on photographs of shadows and silhouettes creating some stunning and fairly creative pieces of work.