Our 4th and final project for the  HNC Photography 1st year is National Identity.  We have been tasked with producing two documentary style images to portray a national identity.

I chose Englishness.  My brother in law is a very keen football supporter.  He is a Leicester City season ticket holder and gets behind the national team when they are on the TV.  Now i’m maybe being a bit unfair to him, bit with his shaved head he does look a little bit like a football hooligan. This is actually a long way from the truth and he is a wonderful husband to my sister as well as a fantastic Dad to my Nieces.  I thought the football supporter and doting Dad would make a good contrasting pair of images.  After a bit of persuasion I’ve managed to secure a date to go round and take a few shots.  My main inspiration has been Martin Parr a well known English documentary photographer.

Here are some of my better images from the shoot (there is an image that I really like, but the model isn’t keen on, so i’ve omitted it.  It is him from the waist up, topless showing tattoos, holding an England flag behind his head, almost screaming into the lens):

My favourite shots are the one i’ve not shown and the ones of the family sitting on the sofa.