Kylie Radick - Style Assignment

The next photographers I chose was Peter Fraser and his book “Material”.  Fraser purchased his own camera by the age of seven and started studying photography once he reached college.  Soon after that, he gained a strong love for photographing in color and he also loved capturing metaphors.  Fraser used film throughout the beginning of his career until he picked up a digital camera.  Once he picked up a digital camera, he put down the film and never touched it again.  Fraser used film for his “Material” book.  This book is a collection of all different types of materials that are used to make things. Fraser wanted to capture different materials because everything is made out of material from start to finish whether it is something being put together or taken apart.  For example, this book captures certain materials that could be found at the construction of house such as wires, insulation, paint, rust, and pipes.  Due to his love for color photographs the images in this book are very rich in color.  His style also includes all telephoto images.  Each image has an extremely strong and clear focus on the material itself.  He also focuses strictly on horizontal photographs.  Overall, Frasers use of color and focus in each photograph of the materials makes his photos all relate strongly to one another.