For this section of the project which looks at portraits, I asked each one of these people if I could take their photograph and also why I was doing this. Unlike my last project which focused on portraits this was very different because I realised I had little control to what the subject did in the image, I just had to make sure that they were in focus and framed properly within the image and then what ever they wanted to do in front of the camera I just captured.
The guy on the left of this image is the one I first spoke to on the coach who introduced me to the head of their media. He was carrying a pig, to symbolise how muslims don't eat pork. He called this pig, No-Ham-mad which represents Muhammad.
I spoke to a few people who wore masks and the reason some of them did this was because they would loose their jobs if their face was published in the papers as part of the EDL.
I like this image, because it looks like they're some strange boy band from the layout of the few subjects and the costumes they are wearing.
I think this image shows the EDL in a completely different light compared to some of the other portraits I took, because they actually look very friendly and genuine which is not what the media make the EDL out to be.
I think this represents how the elders of the EDL are almost grooming the kids into how they should think and act. Which contrasts my ideas of freedom of speech for the project.
This is one of my favourite images from the whole shoot, because he is basically wearing a sign, which is what I wanted to focus on after looking at Fernadez's work. Also I think that my portraiture techniques in this image show through, and capture his personality well.
This is another image that shows how signs are really good at providing extra information for the photograph because the viewer can read their views and also see them.
I think these two subjects contrast the medias view on the EDL which I like, because to me they don't look like stereotypical football hooligans.
The last two images depict more subjects that need to wear masks for their jobs incase they were seen supporting this cause. A lot of the EDL made the peace signs with their hands which does contrast the view the media portrays on them. Also it creates strange photographs like these two where masked mean are gesturing the symbol of peace.
This lady requested that I photograph her and her friends and then email her the photograph which I have done. I also thought this showed a genuine moment that looks very friendly from a bunch of people who are meant to be so violent.