Influenced by Joel Sternfeld.

Joel Sternfeld - http://www.joelsternfeld.com/

(I don't have a clue how to get into his website, but i thought I'll still put it on for reference. If you find out how to get into it, tell me, please!)

Joel Sternfeld is a fine art colour photographer from America.
I have been influenced by his Environmental portraits.

The work of Joel's I have been influenced by are, 'American Prospects' and  'Stranger Passing'.

'Stranger Passing' - This book was released in 2001 and consists of social class and stereotypes in America. I like this work as it shows the different people in their environment as intend to.

 'American Prospects' -  This is Sternfeld's most known book and explores the irony of human-altered landscapes in the United States. Joel photographed ordinary things, including unsuccessful towns and barren-looking landscapes. This collection was made into a book by 1987.


I like how he shows people and how they fit into or don't fit into their environment. In these pieces of work.
Also I like the way he captures and presents his photographs.  He doesn't take a portrait of someone with a narrow depth of field or a landscape with the people blurred out. He pays attention to both the people and the surroundings in his photographs. That is what I would like to do.

Joel's photographs seem to have a story and meaning behind them, a story to be shown. This influences me as I want my work to be meaningful and tell a story, like how he does.