Photographers Research - Barry Lategan

Barry Lategan is a South African born photographer born in 1935 and is best known for his work with Twiggy - with two of his portraits being exhibited in the V&A Museum in London. Alongside this, he has also photographed notable celebrities such as Princess Anne, Paul McCartney, Calvin Klein and Margaret Thatcher. Lategan has lived and worked all around the world in Cape Town, the UK and the USA. 

This image shows Twiggy with a deadpan expression as she looks ahead - perhaps looking at herself in the mirror. This look that Twiggy is sporting is iconic and what she is most recognisable for - the drawn on lower lashes, slick short hair and everything else being minimal. If she is looking in the mirror, it is perhaps because she is looking to see what others see in her.

This image shows a woman with slick, styled hair and a big fur coat. The style as a whole is very luxurious and so we can assume that this woman is affluent. The way that she looks to the camera from the side almost gives the feeling that the is trying to look away from you or, in a way, looks down on you. This is furthered by the way she is clinging to the fur coat - she is trying to draw attention to this and therefore her wealth.

This is a portrait of Paul McCartney. The heavy amount of the colour green in this image helps to create high contrast against his face and his hat, drawing more attention to this and therefore making it the focal point of the image. The way that he holds the grass in his mouth is the punctum as it is a strange thing to do. The overuse of the colour green and the grass could suggest that he is trying to get back to nature.

Again, this image shows Twiggy when she was most well known and is an example of what she is known for. The way that it is cropped to just show her face implies that this is how she makes her money, and so anything else about her does not need to be shown/identified. The use of the blue background not only makes her stand out against it, but also makes her eyes pop as they are the same colour.