Brian Finke

Brian Finke is a documentary photographer.  He was awarded a a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Photography in 2004.  His works have been exhibited throughout the world and he has published two books. 


His works stood out to me because each image told a different story, while some were exciting, others were more angry or sad.  All of his photographs though are very real, and feel like you could be with those people at that specific time.  He really captured images in the moment, and those moments are real because they are not posed.

The first image is from his collection of "frat boys" .  This image is very stereotypical but it stood out to me because all of the expressions and what is going all feels very real and honest.  The people are not posed and this really might be something you would see at a frat party.

The second image I really just like how he played with the aperture so that the background is more of a blur and the foreground is so in focus.  It really makes you sense a feeling of separation and loneliness and I think Finke wanted to show a different side behind cheerleading and the cliche that cheerleaders are always happy.

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