Brian Ferry Images - unknown photographer.

My mum is a big Bryan Ferry fan. I was quite uninterested when she said that she had something to show me that he had posted on Facebook. However, I was soon a lot more intrigued. She showed me a collection of photos called 'The Jazz Age', added by Bryan Ferry but, unfortunately, there is no link to who the photographer is! Although my mum has a suspicion that it is Bryan's son, Isaac Ferry but we have no confirmation at all.
The collection itself I think is fantastic and is a similar theme to a collection of images that I took for my final assignment for 'Digital Photographic Practice 1'.

From the overall look of the collection, we can see immediately that it is focussed around a musical theme and on closer inspection of each individual shot, we can get a sense of Jazz music through the inclusion of a lot of instruments relating to jazz music. I can assume from these images, the collection is to coincide with the recording and release of Bryans Ferry's latest album entitled 'The Jazz Age'.

The image focus on the recording of the album, including candid shots of the instruments used as well as instruments being played and vocals being sung. I love how the photographer has captured candid shots of the actual recording process as well as shots of the instruments not in use as a contrast.

Drum shot from Bryan Ferry Facebook

In comparison, I had the same vision of the outcome of the shots with while producing my own collection.

Image from my DPP1 final assignment

The full set of my final images can be seen here.

My outlook was to purely to focus on items or instruments that make or play music. I focussed on taking photographs to emphasize the instrument itself and this is similar to what this photographer has done, although I like that the photographer here had gone a step further on some shots and and using the frame to photograph just a small section of the instrument to the point of having to really think what the instrument actually is, like this one.

Another shot taken by this photographer that compares to my own collection is this image of a sheet of music. Mine focusses more on the lyrics on the sheet as opposed to the sheet itself but I think the similarity is still there.

Image from my DDP1 final assignment

This collection is a real eye opener to me and interesting to see how the photographer has not only focussed on the documenting of the process but has also managed to keep each shot inclusive somehow of the theme of the album title.