Colin McPherson

Colin McPherson is an independent photographer and visual artist based near Liverpool in the north west England working on commissions, projects and assignments for commercial, educational and editorial clients at home and abroad.

He is a founding partner of 'Document Scotland' Here is a few examples of his work.

This image is of Hamburg fans, City of Manchester Stadium. I like it because it captures the passion that the crowd have for the football team.

 Gornal Athletic defending against a sunset and Wisbech Town. I love this photo because of the sunset and the way he is behind the players managing to freeze their action. 

 Amazon Footprints - this image is from a collection of photos from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. 

Two children pictured at their home, a traditional reed hut in a small settlement in a protected reserve in the rainforest. I like this photo because of the light setting and the composition. 

                              
 A large Yes sign attached to a flat in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh. This is my favourite photo out of all the images because for me personally it sums up what Scotland stands for. 

I like this photo because of the angel it was shot from and the composition. 

Robert Frank

Robert Frank is known for his American photography and film. Frank's photography has expanded into film and video and experimented with manipulating photographs and photomontage

Here is just a few of his work. .

This photo above is my favourite because it shows a contrast between busy traffic and still/calmness of a city. I like the composition from a low angle and the reflection.

Donato Buccella

Donato Buccella is an Italian street photographer and has over 20 years experience in the photography industry. He is known for capturing moments of the unknown, if there is a place which he thinks would suit for a photo, he'll wait till the right moment comes along to capture it. Below are a few images of both his work in black and white as well as colour photography. His old work done in black and white I feel works the best as it's brings out the main focus in the photo rather than having lots of colours distracting around. I love his composition and timing in all the photos below. 

 I like this image due to the streaks of lights combined with the motorbike, it really gives it a city night life effect.

This is my favourite out of these photos because, I love how he has managed to make a silhouette out of the man on the bike, I like the still/calmness of the photo as well.

 I like this photo as it captures a real life setting, a guy on the phone, a man waiting on the train and the the train going past quickly.

 I like this photo as it captures the slow shutter speed here as well as the composition captured the woman inside the bike wheel.

I like this photo because the way he has managed to keep the first bike in focus and caught the speed from the bike behind. 

William Eugene Smith

William Eugene Smith was an American photojournalist and known for his World War || photos, his work was greatly admired by McCuillin, so much so that it could be said   that McCuillin carried through Smith’s powerful sense of ‘darkness’ into his own images.

Here are two of my favourite photos by him. In both these images a human is hurt, the first one is a soldier wounded with the help from another soldier. The bottom photo is a baby found left lying struggling to survive whilst the soldier holds and prays for it.

Don McCullin

McCullin is an internationally known British photojournalist, well known for his war photographer and images of urban strife. McCuillin is known for having covered many of humanities war zones around the world: from the fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 1964 through to Turkey’s invasion of northern Cyprus in 1974; to the Vietnam war and Tet Offensive (1965-1968); the six-day-war of 1967 between Israel and Arab countries; the civil war and famine in Biafra (1968/69); Cambodia (1970-1975); Northern Ireland (1971), through to victims of AIDS and Tuberculosis in South Africa in 2000.

Here is a few examples of his photography. I love the emotion captured and the realism captured in his images. 

This image above is of a shell-shocked American Marine during the battle for the city of Hue in 1968, in the Vietnam War. I love this image because the eyes are just staring into a glaze which very much show the psychological impact of war on the individual. 

This is a photo of a Irish homeless man in the East End of London in 1969.

This last one is my favourite because it captures all emotion, worried, scared, hurt. It makes the viewer want to find out what has happened, what the story is behind that young child's tears. I also love the composition in the photo they are both staring into the camera but it is not posed or thought out. 

James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer. Nachwey grew up in Massachusetts, he studied History and Political Science.He has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts, and critical social issues. Nachtwey worked on extensive photographic essays in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil, and the United States.  I love these photos because they each tell a story of emotion. 

This was photographed in Bosnia, 1993 - A family mourning a soldier killed in the civil war.

This was photographed in Bosnia, 1993 - Mourning a soldier killed by Serbs and buried in what was once a football field.

Out of the four images, this one is my favourite. It is a shocking image, nobody wishes to see a dead body let along a body with the ribs showing through. This was taken in Somalia, 1992 - Famine victim sewn into burial shroud.

 This was photographed in Bosnia, 1993 - Wounded soldier.