A lot of Ken Garlands photography has a very personal feel to it, the way he gets down to the same level to the people he is photographing makes the audience feel almost as if they are actually with the people in the photograph like you’re standing next to them. Being able to bring a connection to your audience from your work is what a lot of artist try to do, people will be more drawn to images they connect to. It is helpful when you’re trying to give a message through the imagery, in the image of Peggy Duff, he has took it for a local newspaper in preparation for a peace walk, the images give a message of happiness and safety which is what a peace march would want to promote the woman in the image looks sweet probably makes the audiences think of people like their grandmas, which is helpful to try and make sure people don’t get annoyed by the march.

During the Paris marches in 1968 students and workers came together to protest, Workers went on strike for the whole day protesting the poor state salaries, the students wanted the end of the “bourgeois” universities and the police state. The art students used their skills in screen printing to create signs to hold while protesting. Although I don’t know what most of them are saying they tell the story of upset you can feel the vibe of the protest through the images.

Banksy is a graffety artist who has also started making different types of work he has made fake bank notes, and a whole ‘theme park’ one theme that goes through all of their work is that the art always about a social or environmental issue. All of his work is made put out to the public, it is spreading awareness to the world that the world is in a state need.

All of these artist are making art to show the world there are issues that need to be addressed which is what I have tried to do in most of the work I have made over the years I find art like this the most interesting because they have the best stories behind them.

Garland, K (1964) Spicers Papers

Garland, K (1964) preparations for Easter march

On this day BBC (1968): workers join students Paris protest

Anonymous art Paris Protests (1968)

atelier populaire (1968)

I want change (2004) Banksy