Lee Jeffries

Genre

The genre that Lee Jeffries captures is life, particularly of the homeless. An encounter with a homeless girl changed his outlook on street photography forever. Now, his portraits are open books, each one almost penetrating you with the tale of that someone gazing right back at you.

Conclusion

From this assignment I learned about the different struggles one faces on a day to day basis. It has allowed me to be appreciative what I have. Don’t judge people: You have no idea what any one of those souls is going through. Some of the homeless people there are addicts, but a lot of them are suffering from mental disease and it is the only way they know to subdue their symptoms. serving others will be some of the most rewarding hours you’ve experienced. Your sweet face, smiling eyes and listening heart just might change someone’s whole day. It has also use the techniques from this class to take eye capturing photos, with great light and good depth.

His influences

• His work really inspired me and what I found the most interesting part was he looked at an older generation. I wanted to also create his work and display his theme throughout my photos. His work is portrait photography but the intended theme is religious or spiritual iconography. It's powerful stuff. Jeffries gave these people something more than personal dignity. He gave them a light in their eyes that depicts transcendence, a glimmer of light.
• He has made these people into more than poor old broken homeless people lazily waiting for a handout from some urbane and thoughtful corporate agent. They become the subject of his art.
• The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: «Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait.» From then onwards, his photographs portray his convictions and his compassion to the world.And informs people of the poverty occurring in our world, and some of the conditions that people are forced to live in.

Lee Jeffries

Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Close to the professional football circle, this artist starts to photograph sporting events.You could categorize Lee’s work as taking portraits, but it is so much more. The most of his work in black and white, and shot from the point blank, because the artist doesn’t want anything to get in the way of what he’s trying to say. There is an amount of intimacy that is only matched by his respect for the people he’s photographing and the level of the emotions captured in the artworks.

How he Provokes a viewer

• work interested me to because I personally love portrait photography. I love how he digs deeper and he captures such powerful photography that conveys a strong message through each subject. I love how he captured every detail in the subjects face and the light in their eyes. which allows the subject to be portrayed with light and not darkness.
• I love how he conveys the models clothing and grittiness on their face makes them look impoverished. As a lot of the models have various wrinkles or scars on their faces it makes the photo more intriguing as it allows you to see the emotion on their faces. It also shows you more about the character of the person and perhaps what has happened to them.
• The emotional atmosphere suggests that perhaps Lee would try to connect with his subjects before taking the photo which is why the photo is so intense and emotional. As Lee uses homeless people as his subject for his photographs, it draws the viewer's attention to the poverty of the world and some of the conditions that people are forced to live in.

My Pictures

So for my pictures I went downtown and I wanted to recreate the work of Lee Jeffries.

As I was downtown I took pictures of those suffering from homelessness, mental illness, and drug addiction. Before I got there picture I asked them there story got to know them on a personal level. Then I captured their picture and attempted to capture their struggles and pain in my photo. Then I gave them some money and some words of encouragement, hoping that this process would show through my work.

Homage ISP Assignment

When you walk the streets of your city, do you notice homeless people? How often do you take a moment of your time and give them some change? And even when you do that, do you look them in the eyes, do you wonder who they are, how did they end up living in the streets? What is their story?