Vee Speers' style is to create beautiful yet disturbing images but leaving a space for the viewer to enter her world. Her portraits combine elements which evoke conflicting emotions that can surprise you but telling a story that is somewhere between fantasy and reality as well as the obvious and the unexpected.
Vee's technique is to try to go for plain backgrounds to make the models in the photographs stand out and make sure your attention is on the models in the photograph and not the background. If the background isn't plain, then the model is up close and anything that could be distracting are quite far in the distance of the background. She wants you to look at the model and not the background.
One of her other techniques is to put the model in the centre of the image so it grabs your attention straight away. She also either has a plain background and a more colourful outfit for her model or if the photo is black and white, she makes sure the light is directed on the object or person she wants you to look at as if one part of the photograph is lighter than the other then you are more likely to look at that bit than the darker parts.
There are meanings behind all of her photographs:
Thirteen is a collection of images she photographed of her daughter as she went through pains and independence. It's showing the transformation from a child to a young women and the different aspects that you go through.
The Birthday Party shows that you can be who and what you want, even if it is just for a few hours through dressing up. It's also showing that through dressing up and playing, children can express the trauma, issues or pain they've been or are going through. Vee has made you realise private and sensitive information about yourself just by looking at these pictures.
Immortal, it's showing that anyone, even the most young and/or beautiful people, can look, be and feel isolated, exposed, vulneable, trapped, distant, on guard, defiant and filled with fears and insecurities.
Parisians is about people being themselves and that you shouldn't judge others even if they are different.
Bordello is showing that there can be beauty anywhere even if beauty doesn't seem to be there at all.
Summery Of Perou
Perou's style is to capture images of British fashion, music and portraits.
His technique is using either bright backgrounds with a plain focal point or a plain background with a colourful focal point. Although most of his photographs do have colourful focal points and plain backgrounds. He also uses a lot of contrasting colours to produce eye catching images.
His photos are extremely good quality. They are all very clear and are focused so everything is clear in the photograph.
I don't believe his photos have a story but I do think that behind each celebrity's photograph, there is a story about them that is unknown to the public or maybe even their friends and family. But whether they have a story behind them or not, all his images are very good quality, interesting to look at and catch your eye when you look at them.
Here are my interpretations of Perou's work
