Ravers
Matt Moran takes portraits of people leaving raves in Ukraine, illustrating the nightlife of the country in Eastern Europe. These portraits are very simple and minimalistic within their composition and subject matter, but it is the context that is the most interesting aspect of this series.
These are the 14 images within this project, and I think they all work really well together as a collection of images. The use of black and white mixed with colour creates an interesting addition to the project, as it is difficult to tell the time of day of the photographs as you can't see the light easily.
These are two of my favourite portraits from this project, and within these portraits it is not clear that they were taken in the early hours of the morning because it looks like the photographer has just taken the images during the daytime due to the bright light. When you realise that the portraits were taken at this time, it makes them look very different to what they originally did. I really like how Moran has chosen to take some of the portraits in a close up and then taken others from further away, as this breaks up the sequence and makes them all the images look better together as a collective series.
This is an image from the project that isn't a portrait of an individual but is instead a photograph taken of multiple people as they are going home from their night out. This image is really effective due to it showing a collection of people all in one area, in different cliques as they are with their friends or people they know. I also love how the image is blurred in some parts as this works well with the project being about raves, in which people drink alcohol and can become drunk and slightly lose their sense of sight.
These are the 14 images within this project, and I think they all work really well together as a collection of images. The use of black and white mixed with colour creates an interesting addition to the project, as it is difficult to tell the time of day of the photographs as you can't see the light easily.
These are two of my favourite portraits from this project, and within these portraits it is not clear that they were taken in the early hours of the morning because it looks like the photographer has just taken the images during the daytime due to the bright light. When you realise that the portraits were taken at this time, it makes them look very different to what they originally did. I really like how Moran has chosen to take some of the portraits in a close up and then taken others from further away, as this breaks up the sequence and makes them all the images look better together as a collective series.
This is an image from the project that isn't a portrait of an individual but is instead a photograph taken of multiple people as they are going home from their night out. This image is really effective due to it showing a collection of people all in one area, in different cliques as they are with their friends or people they know. I also love how the image is blurred in some parts as this works well with the project being about raves, in which people drink alcohol and can become drunk and slightly lose their sense of sight.
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