Martin Parr

I was looking at some of Mr Martin Parr's work recently and thought that he has a great eye for composition, especially the framing of an image which can be done with other objects within the image such as two people, one either side of the subject. This is done extremely well with the two women with ginger hair. Although the slight narrow depth of field means that the distance isn't the focal point, it emphasises the point of what these two ladies were looking at to begin with.

I like the idea that the framing doesn't always have to work in the same way. With this second image, the foot is the main subject coming from the front of the image, but its framing would be the surroundings. The subject is still focused on due to the narrow depth of field in the background where you can make out the shapes and colours of people but no where near the amount of detail seen on the sandal and the sock. This is also quite ironic as most people don't wear socks with sandals whereas here it is pointed out and obviously stated to represent the person's individuality.

I found these images by typing his name into 'Google' search but you can also access his images on both his website: http://www.martinparr.com/index1.html
And the Magnum Website as he is a member: http://www.magnumphotos.com/