Brendan Walker, The Thrill-Sensing Auto-Portrait Machine.

Brendan Walkers Autoportrait Machine, 2005
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My friend recently lent me one of her photography books to have a read through in my spare time. The book is called 'Photography' by John Ingledew. It is a basic introduction book for students and contains facts about photography and also photographers work. On page 148 I came across an interesting photographer called Brendan Walker. His pictures were immediatly interesting to look at, and the description of the work even more interesting. Walker designed a camera that is controlled by human emotion. During a fairground ride the shutter is fire at the thrill peak. The pictures are very aesthetically pleasing as well as interesting to look at. There are light trails which portray movement in the images and the subjects faces show a range of different emotions. His work is innovative and unique and it is really refreshing to see new techniques and the outcome of those techniques. Very inspiring...