Connecting Essay 4

This is a photograph by William Eggleston he's used a sign to indicate the journey within this image, he's placed it close to the centre of the photo to indicate that its the main focus of the photo. He's famously known for his influence of colour within his photographs, this can be seen in this photo as it gives a high saturation feel to the photos. A road can be seen on the right hand side which is another indication of journey for this photo. 

This is my own image that I have taken as a part of my journey photography series. I decided to take the photo with the signs as the main focus this was because they indicate direction and are often used by people who are on a journey. The whole setting was really lovely and I wanted to capture the road within the image also. Its been edited into a black and white format, I decided to do this because even though the colours in the original photo looked amazing I wanted the photo to be looked at and studied which I felt would be done if it was in black and white.

I actually had taken inspiration from Egglestons photo when photographing this shot myself. Therefore there are some key similarities between the two images. Firstly they both have signs as the main feature of the photo, as well as this the whole setting of the photo is very similar with the road on the right hand side of the image. The one key difference between both photos is the presence of colour, Eggleston has included it within his images whereas I decided to use black and white.