Photographer - Andy Fallon

To get a better understanding of the type of shots big photographers use in magazines such as NME, MOJO and Q. Specifically I looked at the work of Andy Fallon and Mick Hutson.

Andy Fallon;

Andy Fallon is a music photographer and also a well known art director. He has a solid reputation in music photography because of his atmospheric images that really apply to the genre and theme of the magazine.

Dave Ghrol

The image shows lead singer of Foo fighters, Dave Ghrol, the image uses interesting mise-en-scene of a cigarette this connotes arrogance and also depicts him as a man, the image looks as if he is wearing makeup this suggests a more feminine feel so therefore I could be depicted that the whole cigarette is to counteract the make up. Dave Ghrol’s facial expression with the cigarette connotes arrogance and not caring which is very interesting and really makes and audience feel immersed as it is like Dave Ghrol is looking at you. The star vehicle of Dave Ghrol would add fandom to this particular image because of his huge fan base and successful career. The setting of the image is just blank the image itself relies on the mise en scene of the image to give the atmosphere it has. 

This is the image mentioned in the video below, It is an interesting shot as it features a naked lady laying on a mass of flowers. The theories of Mulvey can be applied to this as it is showing her in the form of the male eye and the eye of the camera however I still think the image can be appreciated by the female sex also. As is mentioned in the video allot of preparation must have been taken to create such a good quality image and it must have also taken a long time to gain access to that amount of flowers.