I was looking on the 125 Magazine website when i came across the nominations for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. This years nominees are Anna Fox, Zoe Leonard, Sophie Ristelhueber and Donavan Wylie. Anna Fox's image from her series country girls was used by 125 as the header image for the piece. This image was so stiking i decided to look further at her work. After visiting her website i found out more about the project. Its a collaboration with Alison Goldfrapp. The series consists of staged colour photographs that are based on personal experiences of growing up in rural areas and the story of Sweet Fanny Adams who in the early 1900's was violently murdered in alton. The images are bold in compositions and colour and draw you with intrigue of what the situation is that has been captured. The image i have included is my favorite from the series. I like the way all the bright colour's work together and the awkwardness or the position of the legs with the red high heels which are completely out of place. Its also the closest crop and taken from an interesting angle. The work by the final four photographers will be exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery from 12th February to 18th April 2010. The overall winner will be announced on 17th March 2010. The image is from http://www.annafox.co.uk/arc/12/02.html.

Had a lecture from Frederike Helwig today which was really interesting. I think her work is really interesting, and she came across very well. Showing work from some of her first publications to her current work. A series of hers that i particularly like was one for the Guardian newspaper featuring Brandon Flowers the lead singer from the killers. Within this shoot one of the criteria within this shoot was to include parrots, however instead of letting this element dominant the frame she adapted it in a way that she could take the photographs that she wanted in her own signature style without compramising what the client wanted. I learnt that its important to incorporate ideas that are wanted, but to adapt them to suit you and your style. Both images are from http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2009/jul/18/brandon-flowers-fashion-shoot.

I thought it was only appropriate for my photographic highlight of the week to be an image i found on the BBC News website. The whether has been absolutely incredible this week. Im from Wokingham in Berkshire and we have 9 inches. All the schools in the area have been closed for the past three days and the appropriate clothing has been a ski jacket and snow boots. i chose the images that i thought where really interesting. I particularly like that anybody can up load photos onto the website. It gives you a chance to see what is happening around the country. All images are from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8448137.stm

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When looking at the I-D magazine website I came across this project which i thought was interesting. It is by Nick Knight and called the 100 portraits series and was done as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of I-D. The project mirrors his 100 portraits series taken in 1985 to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the magazine. This series will be published on the 25th march 2010. Model, Actors, Editors, Stylists and musicians were all invited to be photographed, many of which have been seen on the pages of the magazine.The original story for the October 1985 issue included names such as Adam Ant and Morrissey.
The shoot took place in the Live Studio at the SHOWstudio: Fashion Revolution exhibition at Somerset House. Visitors that went to the exhibition could watch the shoot via a two-way mirror. I think the live element to the project makes it really interesting and i wish i had been able to go and see it.