Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic we are not in university at the moment so are missing out on such things like talks from photographers that the university normally organised for us. However, we were very lucky to have David Brandon Geeting to do presentation to us all the way from New York via google classroom, this was an amazing opportunity to listen to someone who has been commissioned by many amazing people and brands such as vogue and Nike.

One of the things he talked to us about was how he’s been keeping busy in quarantine and how he’s stayed creative. He wanted to look at beauty in the mundane through still life projects of just random objects experimenting with things such as compositions. Some of the images were really intriguing and I was surprised at the fact they were taken in his home. For example one I was really interested in was a portrait he took but it was the image off the tv however with the plants in the foreground it looks like he was really there but zooming in loads.

He also takes to us about his books that he’s published, the one that stood out to me was the book called amusement park, this book included images that were colourful, loud, movement but as you grow older you become aware of the gross nature of them. This books mixes between fun and strange like amusement parks. The one that really stuck out to me was the landscape image of the beach and it had toothpaste over the top like a trail leading under the rocks. I just like the strangeness and questions that go through my mind when I look at it.

Lastly he talked to us about his commissions and one that I was really interested in was his commission by Nike as it was using his style but with Nike shoes which for him was different but made sure his style was still visible. It made me think that I am itching to find my style so I can do this in the future too.