What can we learn from his work

Choose what format you want to shoot on

His portraits are beautiful, technically brilliant and shot on large format - it’s testament to his craft. Large format photography is not accessible to many people, medium format and 35mm is expensive enough, but it’s evident that the results can be well worth it. There’s a lot of talk online about which cameras to use, and generally I believe that the camera that you use, specifically in the digital age, is not essential to making great photographs.. but conversely; choosing the format that is best suited to your photography can really push your work to the next level. In this case, he is shooting on a format that few except those at the top have the time, energy or money to use - and the resulting work is unique and striking.

Shoot with purpose but be open to the idea of finding what you want to say along the journey.

For me, this means going out onto the streets with an open mind, and approaching shoots with a malleability to adapt and an openness to create.

David Heath

2. David Heath (1931-2016) Website

I’ve chosen David Heath because of the dramatic and beautiful results of his amazing printing skills. In the photoshop age, it’s easy to forget that the negative was also just a canvas upon which many photographers were able to create their art. I find him particularly interesting, because so much digital work is over-edited, and therefore editing is generally frowned upon, but Heath achieved amazing results in the darkroom with his printing. In a way, David Heath can be looked at as inspiration of how to edit heavily, and well.