'New Work' by Paul Quinn

Another series that had me emotionally attached instantly after viewing the work is a series called 'New Work' by Paul Quinn. These photographs represent the life of people that are no longer with us, taken in a house where a childhood memory of a man found dead on his sofa in some house is clearly very much still with the photographer as a vivid memory. The series of work consists of photographs of six different rooms. Lighting also plays an important role in this series of work, signifying the lives of people that have now vacated these rooms. The series to look at is emotional and distressing, yet peaceful at the same time. From this work I am able to recognise how important lighting is in a single photograph and how lighting, alone, can create deep emotional photographs.

                                              'NEW WORK'

 

 

 

I also found this work useful to look at and depict with relation to another unit at university which is History & Theory. For this unit we are having to write a 2000 word essay about critically analysing an image and deconstruction of an image to find meaning. To do this we are having to look at all aspects of a photograph, from composition and narrative, to props  and lighting. It is always good to put something to have learnt into practice, and with this series of work, i found how important lighting can be when trying to portray a strong message with photographs that don't allow the viewer to understand much. So in this case, this work should help me with writing my History and Theory essay and understanding lighting in photographs.