Portraits for Documentary

The following photographs were taken at leeds market. This was the first project which was intended to approach people and take there portraits. This was something that I had no experience with previously, and was successful in building my confidence for future projects. As seen in the blog post below, which was one week after this, I had built my confidence and was able to photograph more people. I am happy with the images I produced, However, I think if I had photographed more people, particularly those working on the market stalls, Then this project exercise would look completed. It would also make it a documentary photography piece, focusing on people working at leeds market, which was my original intension.

Toba Tucker

Toba Tucker is a documentary portrait photographer interested in recording continuity and change in American culture for history and artistic purposes.  Although her work is not exclusively devoted to Native Americans, they have been her primary subjects.  The Portraits have been awarded prestigious grants and awards, acquired for permanent collections of major museums, are published books, and exhibited in museums, libraries and universities.


The Herber Springs Portraits

Toba photographed and taped oral history interviews with the people of Heber Springs, Arkansas to explore the continuity and changes within this rural community by comparing and contrasting her contemporary images with the body of portraits created by Mike Disfarmer, who operated a portrait studio on Main Street in the 30's and 40's. Disfarmer created a remarkably moving and insightful series of photographic portraits documenting the character of a segment of small-town America at a time when its endurance was being severely tested and its values were in transition.

Lauraine Morton Lawson 1990 ''Red'' Morton's daughter



Lecil Bishop 1990