Hans Eijkelboom

Hans Eijkelboom

Hans work focuses on people wearing something of interest, for example, a certain type of top and these shots are constant. His work is based around multicultural identity. He always looks for detail and themes he has grouped stuff separately. On some of his books, he small shots and has 1 big one as the main subject of interest with others to back it up. At times he has a combination of themes and fashion and we are part of 1 thing. He believes that we are a slave to fashion he believes we have 2 identity’s a digital and analogue and the makers chose the digital identity and others work analogue. His work has attracted headlines from the world as it shows how we follow fashion trends and we are like sheep.

What context have you seen the work in? & How have news companies portrayed this?

Daily Mail, (Fleming, 2014)

‘From plaid shirts and pink tops to the infamous Canadian tuxedo: Photographer captures 20 years' worth of 'anti-sartorial' fashion trends’

Metro, 

A portrait of the 21st century: 20-year photography project proves that we all basically dress and behave alike

The Guardian (Petridis, 2014)

Same but different: Hans Eijkelboom’s tribal street photography

Think your look is unique? Well, photographer Hans Eijkelboom may have already put you among his tribes after 20 years spying on passersby

These headlines generate the feeling that we address similarly because of the fashion trends that come and go. Hans’s work has shown that what we think looks unique might turn out to be a common pattern with others.

I Belive context that this shot is in is that people dress together and the way he has framed this has been designed to challenge the viewer's mind as they were sheep. His work I do not believe has been viewed in a different context because of the way he has framed his book. I am going to use his main context of people almost being sheep with my project that is showing links to work that I have done in the past. Looking at the work in the book stands out because you to get to understand what is going on when linking them all together and making them look strong.

Annotations

What is denoted?

His work shows people of the same gender looking the same with wearing similar tops showing the exact duplicate of the colour. For each section of the prints that he has done.

What is Connoted?

The connotations from this work show that we all look the same and that we need to understand what they are all about. The work shows the meaning of sheep and amusement of how he has shot random people all looking the same. The work all follows the same settings of them being done in the same location in New York and other Locations, the shots shown in the contact sheet which makes people think they are like sheep.

How are you affected as a viewer?

On looking at the work that has been produced the first thing that people will see is a similar colour or style to what each other are viewing. On looking at the images It stands out how we are more similar to people in different aspects and lights when it comes to ideas like photography being more democratic and understanding in a typology fashion that they all come together.

What makes this work significant to you (and or your project)?

when looking at the work I knew that it has links to my work because of what I have worked on the past Linking to the poppy. My work has had an underlying typology feel to the work, with this making it easier to understand to frame it.  The type of photography that Hans has shot is Environmental portraits and I am planning on taking them on with it being shoot at the waist and above to make the work look the same when looking at it. This will allow my work to have the same context when linking them together.

What are the strengths of the source you are looking at? What are the weaknesses of the work? (How would you do things differently? What do you think can be improved?)

The Strengths of the work are that they all look the same and that we can understand who we need to understand who we all dress when it comes to being the same. The Weakness of the work are that it is hard to follow the work in detail without looking at a gallery for the power to come into the work. I love how he has gone around to shoot it in order for it all to come together.

What ideas (or visual styles) will you take forward to think about in your work?

I am going to take his work on as an inspiration to highlight how people look similar in more way than one. I am planning on taking the underlying theme of the work that he has made. For Example, when I am planning to shoot the Poppy I will have different genders, skin colour etc. but we all wear the poppy to remember the people who died fighting for the country. I do not want the location or the areas to overtake the meaning of the poppy.  I am planning on having a consistent theme to make it look similar.

Who is the intended audience?

It is intended to go together with other work relating to August Sander as this was Hans Eijkelboom main inspiration for his way of shooting. The work has been intended to be picked up by news agencies to make a fuss of it show how we are all similar.

Is the work part of a bigger series?

The photographer has produced other work relating to this in multiple books and is trying to recreate August Sander's People of 20th Century.

Any other information that you think is relevant?

Hans has taken inspiration from August Sander for the book People of the 21st century from Sanders project people of the 20th century.

Bibliography

Fleming, O., 2014. From plaid shirts and pink tops to the infamous Canadian tuxedo: Photographer captures 20 years' worth of 'anti-sartorial' fashion trends. [Online]
Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2779649/From-plaid-shirts-pink-tops-infamous-Canadian-tuxedo-Photographer-captures-20-years-worth-anti-sartorial-fashion-trends.html
[Accessed 14 12 2019].

Lynch, A., 2015. A portrait of the 21st century: 20-year photography project proves that we all basically dress and behave alike. [Online]
Available at: http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/05/a-portrait-of-the-21st-century-20-year-photography-project-proves-that-we-all-basically-dress-and-behave-alike-5009450/?ito=cbshare
[Accessed 15 12 2019].

Petridis, A., 2014. Same but different: Hans Eijkelboom’s tribal street photography. [Online]
Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/23/hans-eijkelboom-street-photography-tribes-people-twenty-first-century
[Accessed 14 12 2019]