Book - 1st Edit

I'd like for the book to appear in a simplistic manor, with photographs located in the centre of the pages. In this first edit of the book I have selected images from the matches that I have covered for Gloucester City, and would otherwise just be sitting in my hardrive not being used.

What I like about the simple layout is that there is not a lot of distractions for the viewer, however it does feel like the images are clustered together, I've tried experimenting with the images taken with a portrait perspective placed together to balance the pages out but these could be sequenced better if separated.

I have decided to included three sections to the book to reflect what I have noticed and documented on a match day, however the balance of images are equally weighted throughout this first draft and can be improved.

From feedback in class there can be a better edit from the images produced, so I will work on this to create a more flowing second edit. Also noted is the poor choice of font, where I've tried to replicate from 'The Homes of Football'. I have used place holder text to show where I intend to include copy before the start of each section which will be added into further edits. There is also an issue with my sequencing which can be improved on, the mixture of night time/day time images does not work well as well as the difference of age in the subjects.


http://issuu.com/lewismitchell/docs/book/1

Research - Martin Parr

Recently Martin Parr has been documenting the Black Country, in 2012 he was in Wolverhampton to shoot the Wolves v West Brom derby match at Molineux. It seems apparent in some of these images that in typical Parr fashion, a flash has been fired towards the subjects, but the images do not appear to have a typical high contrast look to them. The subjects that he has decided to shoot are similar to what I'm trying to document at Gloucester City.

Research - Jamie Luke

Becky has shown me this interesting work that kind of shares what I'd like to document, observations around a football ground during a match day. The images of 'Red Sea' are tied together with the colour red, showcasing the  community atmosphere found with this following of Arsenal supporters in north London. Not just focusing on the typical footballing aspects, the colour red is represented on everyday & somewhat mundane objects, front doors, road signs & fast food. I like the inclusion of un focused images, that somewhat takes the familiar human aspect away and represents everyone as a generic part of this sea of red.