This piece of work was produced for The Contemporary project and I appropriated a photograph taken by Roy DeCarava. I found the image after going to the TATE Modern Exhibition in London, ‘Souls of a Nation’ and purchasing the book edited by Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley. I don’t normally work in black and white, but I was drawn to this image as the human form was the main focus within the photograph and that is what I normally look for when taking my own pictures. For example when visiting Oxford Street I took a few photographs and edit them so that people of interest became the attraction rather than the area itself. When finding inspiration I sometimes reinterpret other photographers work, however if I am going to label it my own the outcomes that I produce will be from my camera shots. I do normally like to work with oil paint but I decided not to with this piece as there was no colour to add so I experimented with charcoal, light and dark, whilst blending the different contrasts together. The materials used were a good choice as the blending worked nicely to recreate the shadows and shading where needed.