6. Marlow

My inspiration comes from Peter Marlow. He stood out among the Magnum photographers because he uses color film in a square crop. He photographs common scenes of life with few people and interesting, usually geometric compositions. I researched his intent as a photographer; what he said became the basis of my project.

"I'm fascinated by the idea of telling a story without much going on in the shot."

He has also described his photographs as "photographs [that] deal with a physical and personal landscape that is often over looked." He sees the "points of interest" around him that would usually go unnoticed. I applied this to my project by photographing eight simple scenes that don't seem to have any story going on, but actually they all do have a special story in common. As a nod to Marlow, I used a square crop and color format as well.