Jacob D'Rozario is a Graphic Designer and Photographer. His work consists of just photography, just graphics and a mixture of the two. I have chosen to study him as a photographer because one of the projects he has done was called "Night" and that is the title of my work so I thought his work was very relatable and a good person to respond to. I like his work because he shows Night time as just simply that but in a lonely kind of mannerism.
This first photograph of Jacob D'Rozario is one that I really like as I think the way in which he has captured the three lights illuminating the rest of the photograph is really clever. The quality of the photograph is something I would like to be able to achieve in my responses to his work as there is no grain to the photograph and as a result I think the photograph is more realistic and therefore more relatable. Because for my photograph in regards to my statement of intention is to educate and inform my audience on the explicit truths of human trafficking I think then that the quality of a photograph is very important in relation to making a photograph realistic and relatable. I think that this photograph is really strong as the only light in the photograph is coming from the the street lighting. This urban light is the main light source which illuminates the image. The washed out desaturated colours coming from the urban setting contrast against the brighter colours, which look quite artificial. The image has a large depth of field as the entire image is in focus. Due to the large depth of field we can then see the leading lines which throughout the image powerfully in direct you to different places within the image.
The main light source in this photo is the lighting from the subway which illuminates the tunnel. I like that the slow exposure of the tunnel and street lights create such a beautiful image out of something so banal. I can draw links between this image and the last with the large depth of field and the leading lines.
The vivid line that starts at the top centre of the photograph curls round and rather than continuing that line it rather abruptly stops and does a just over 90 degree turn and angles straight down and then stops before the bottom of the photograph. It is interesting that the photographer has positioned his shot in this way as most photographers would have cropped that out taking the person viewing the photograph on only one journey down the passageway itself. Subjectively this photograph displays a sense of solitude, danger and journey down a never ending passageway. This links with human trafficking because for those who are victims feel like it's never going to end and that they are alone and living in solitude and danger. The reflections are a really intriguing and would like to try and capture myself. I also think that the composition of this photograph is interesting as the leading lines in this photograph almost lead you to somewhere unexpected.
I think that this photograph is powerful as unlike D'Rozario's previous two photographs he has two sources of light, he has the car park lights and a light trail from a car itself. As there is a light trail it is evident that the photographer had his camera on a tripod and left the shutter open for a while. I think the composition of this photograph is very different and intriguing as although it seems very ghostly it is a very busy photograph with the car park pillars, the road, the car lights, the car park lights, the tree, the car park itself... All in all there is quite a lot to look at. However I do like that the colours are minimal creating the light trail to be the immediate thing your eyes are drawn to.
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