Photographers Research 5

My Next Photographers research is a photographer called Benoit Aquin, who did a study into the deserts in China. The Study called The Chinese "Dust Bowl" looks into how 18% of China is now covered in desert. The photos present how the environmental change affects peoples life and can be dangerous as the air they breathe into their lungs can affect their health. By climate change causing droughts, People have to leave in unsuitable conditions, with hot temperatures, droughts and poisonous air around them. 

I thought Aquin's pictures were very natural, which is needed in a project like this, as you don't want to dramatise the subject or events due to people then not believing its real or get emotionally affected by the photos. From Researching Aquin I am influenced to take photos in the moment, and not staged a scene. This way, I will create a snapshot of real life and the dangers of climate change and environmental damage.

 The first photo i have chosen is first photo seen after the writing about Benoit's Collection. This creates the series of photographs as images of harsh tones and dark meanings. For example, this first photo creates two messages for me. The first message is made to emotionally connect the viewer with the events happening. This happens in the way the photograph captures the movement of the dust- creating a connotation of a dark and deadly gas with unknown danger. However, the second message creates a sense of irony because even when they are in a sense of danger from environmental damage, they are using cars and motorcycles which only cause more damage.

This next image creates a more emotional message the the viewer. The long miserable road makes you feel sorry to the unknown figure. It also leaves the audience wondering more, like how long have they been walking? do they have long left to go? are they tired? Due to the misty air making their face undiscoverable, the audience cannot get any details about the person- are the old? young? do the look upset? The sense of mystery makes a photo more interesting and keeping the audience wanting to see more.

In this photo, you see a busy town with with many people looking rustic and dirty and in a hurry. The rubbish and litter add an extra effect of the unclear are air and destroyed country who are facing damage of their bodies due to the poisionous air. Like the other photos, this image is taken in the moment, showing the realistic snapchat of what was happening in that moment.