L.P. research

Mood boards:

1960s:

This is the first mood board which I created and it shows a compilation of things which can be associated with the 1960s. This mood board features a lot of different things as it was meant to sum up an entire decade. This means that it is not specific to one genre such as art, music or fashion but it shows a glimpse of each of these aspects. This mood board includes a lot of things which represent the 1960s such as a few album covers from this time, the fashion during this time, artwork and the idea of hippies and things of that nature. I used this mood board in order to gain an understanding of this decade to get an idea of what sort of thing was current and popular at this time. I feel that this mood board is effective as it gives me some inspiration as it shows an overview of the 1960s.

1970s:

This is the second mood board which I created and it shows a compilation of things which can be associated with the 1970s. As with the previous mood board, this features a lot of different thing and does not conform to one genre as it was supposed to sum up an entire decade. As with the previous mood board, this features things such as album covers, fashions, artwork and things of this nature. I used this mood board in order to gain some inspiration and an understanding of the 1970s and I feel it is effective as it gives an overview of this decade and represents what the 1970s were like. 

1980s:

This is the third mood board which I created and it shows a compilation of things which can be associated with the 1980s. as with the previous mood boards, this one shows a lot of different things which can be associated with this decade so it does not conform to one specific genre. This mood board shows iconic things from the 1980s such as album covers, movie covers, cassette tapes and games such as rubics cubes. As this mood board shows a lot of different things from this decade I feel that it sums up the decade well enough for me to gain some inspiration from it as from this mood board, I have more of an understanding of what the 1980s was like.

Location photographers:

Garry Winogrand:

Garry Winogrand was a street photographer from the Bronx, New York born on January 14^th 1928 and dying on march 19^th 1984. Winogrand was best known for his portrayal of American life and was essentially a New York photographer as the vast majority of his work centred around the lives of people living in New York City. Winogrand supported himself by working as a freelance photojournalist and advertising photographer in the 1950’s and 1960’s and later taught photography in the 1970’s. His photographs featured within magazines such as ‘popular photography’, ‘Eros’, and ‘photography annual’. At the time of his death, a lot of his later work remained undeveloped with around 2500 rolld of film remaining undeveloped, 6500 rolls of film developed but not yet proofed and around 3000 rolld only released as far as contact sheets of the images being made. Wingrand’s work is now bing held and can be seen at the Museum of Art in New York and the Whitney Museum of American Art also located in New York. When being questioned about his photography, Winogrand stated that he was inspired by two books in particular, one being the 1938 book ‘American Photographs’ by Walker Evans. He stated that this book made him realise that photographs can be used in communicating unique thoughts and ideas. In addition to this, another book which he said inspired his photography was ‘The Americans’ by Robert Frank which encouraged him to use his camera intelligently. Winogrand also published a number of his own books including ‘Women Are Beautiful’ in 1975, ‘Public Relations’ in 1977 and ‘stock photographs’ in 1980. 

Neil Leifer:

Neil Leifers photography career has spanned for over 50 years after he became professional while still in his teens in the 1960’s. Leifer became a staff photographer for sports illustrated before leaving in 1978 to become a staff photographer for time magazine. Leifer is predominantly a sports photographer and this is the genre which he is best known for. He has had a total of 19 books published 9 of which have been collections of his sports photography. “Sports” his 1978 Abrams book is considered by many to be the quintessential sports photography book. Leifer has also travelled the world on sports assignments photographing 16 Olympic Games, 7 winter and 9 summer games. In addition to this he has photographed four Fifa world cups and 15 Kentucky Derbies. Leifer has also photographed every important heavyweight boxing title since Ingemar Johansson beat Floyd Patterson in 1959 and he has photographed his favourite subject, Muhammed Ali on almost 60 occasions covering his biggest fights and over 30 one on one studio sessions. The photography which Neil Leifer produces is covered under the umbrella of location photography as he focuses on sports photography which is done on location where the sport is taking place and not within a studio. 

Music photographer:

Mick Rock:

Mick Rock, possibly best known as the man who shot the seventies, is an English music photographer born in London in 1948. He is best known for producing iconic images of the likes of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Queen, The Sex Pistols and Blondie and he was also the leading photographer for the 1970’s movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Mick Rock continues to shoot musicians today and has produced many images of current artists who include Ceelo Green, The Killers, Ellie Goulding and Michael Buble. Although Mick Rock still continues to shoot to this day, he rose to fame with his iconic music photography within the 1970s. In recent years, Rock has released a series of books mostly based on his classic imagery. The Fall New York exhibition “Exposed” at Sumo gallery showcases iconic images of syd barrett, David Bowie, Lou Reid, Queen, Blondie, Madonna and other rock legends. The exhibition features never before seen images as well as more recent images of the likes of Pharell Williams and Snoop Dogg. Rock also has a published book titled “exposed” which posed at the inspiration for the exhibition of the same name. A classic quote from Mick Rock in the London Times who dubbed him “the music world’s best snapper” reads as follows: “I’ve never felt like a voyeur, although I’ve certainly done plenty of looking! I work from the inside out. Like a cook I gather all the ingredients and keep mixing and stirring and tasting until this kind of effluvia starts to rise, then I’m off to the races. It’s an addictive kind of a feeling that I need a regular shot of otherwise I don’t feel right…”