The Big Issue
January 14, 2008 – 10:01 amThe first post.
Well, there are two main reasons for the development of this blog. The first is to encourage discussion and debate in respect of my photographs and photography in general - hopefully both you and I will get something out of this process. The second is to provide a news update on what I’m doing and how this website is developing.
So here is the first image, taken in Scarborough, UK in November 2006. As the title of this post suggests, it’s of a Big Issue magazine salesman. It was late in the afternoon, the sun was setting and passing shoppers were ignoring his presence, almost as if he was melting into the pavement. I asked him to pose - arms outstretched with the setting sun behind his head.
Comments welcomed - and yes I did buy a copy of the Big Issue. Just click on the image to see a larger version.
2 Responses to “The Big Issue”
Love the moody photo it is a good medium for the newspaper. Thanks for sharing.
By james emmans on Jan 19, 2008
Like the idea, but find it to ’subtle’ to describe the subject of ‘The big issue’. Could be of anything else really.
Saw the rest of your pictures on your web, liked very much the on the sea! Very Martin Parr some of them!…hope you take that as a complement.
Cheers!
By Reinaldo Lombardi on Jan 19, 2008