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Javier Arcenillas:
This freelance photographer (member of Gea Photowords) is 46 years old and is from Bilbao, Spain. In this specific book his subjects were from all over the world. It seems as if he likes to shoot a lot of crime photography. There is a human in every single photo in this book, whether it's just a hand, blurry face or a reflection, there is always at least one person in the photo. Even after researching Javier it seems that he always likes to have some type of human subject or element in his photos. It also seems like he uses black and white to his advantage and uses its dramatic effects to help create his photographs. He does have a few color photos in this book but most of the colors are muted, there are no bright colors in any photos. His photos vary from portrait, landscape and square, it looks like he chooses what works best for each photograph. I think the majority of these photos are shot with telephoto lenses and a smaller number aperture because he tends to focus in one area and let the rest become somewhat blurry. I did notice that in some of his photos he likes to have the person in the frame out of focus and have the background in focus. Javier also uses a lot of leading lines and natural frames within his pictures to draw your eyes to his subject. 


Brian Young:
(The Train NYC 1984) Brian Young is a photographer, teacher and master printer from Canada. Brian worked at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, where he is faculty in the Full-Time and Continuing Education programs. He is known for his commitment to black and white photographs. According to the research I did about this photographer and this book he used a "Tri-X film pushed to 1600" for all of these photos. He really explores different angles and framing techniques. A lot of his photographs in this book are not straight, some almost look crooked. I think in most of his photos he probably used a medium-larger aperture number because a big majority of the photo is in focus. Most of his photos show all different races that are on the train or outside waiting in the subway, but there's are some photos that do not have people in them and are just capturing interesting factors on, in or around the train/subway. In almost of all of his pictures he finds a way to frame faces or important items. Brian definitely favors the landscape compositions more than portrait. 


John Pawson:(Spectrum) John is a 70 year old photographer from Halifax, England. This book is personally very aesthetically pleasing, it is a chromatically ordered sequence on 320 images. Every single photo is in a square format and the exact same dimensions. After doing some research on John and this specific book I found out that he used both a digital camera or an iPhone and that each photograph represents a piece from an individual project, or an everyday moment that happened to catch his eye. I think for most of these images when using a digital camera he probably used a wide angle lens and a larger aperture number to make the majority of the photo in focus. His photos never really fall out of focus. All of his photographs even outside of this book are mainly architecture, he really focuses on lines and how they can draw your eye in. Even a lot of his nature and outdoor photos include lines and natural framing.