Adrian Brannan - Car People

While conducting research and looking for inspiration I came across Brannan's project - Car People

The blurb on his website is as follow:

"A portrait project on various car enthusiasts from different walks of life. All of these photographs were captured with a Mamiya medium format camera loaded with Fuji 120 transparency film. The film was then cross processed and the final images hand printed by myself. This project dates back to 2000 when I was in my final year of studying at the Glasgow School of Art."

I really like his images, the colours are fantastic but this is due to the methods he used to shoot. It all feels very 2000 and I like that! It's like a time capsule looking at all the old cars and even the fashion, most things seem to have changed apart from the subject matter, there are still many people who are keen enthusiasts and maybe the number has even grown with how cheap cars are these days?

Because I'm going for a more documentary style my final shots won't be shot like the above, however they may echo a similar theme - enthusiasts with there cars. I feel Brannan's shots are quite experimental portraits and I like the fact they are not universally composed however they feel a little empty to me I would like to have seen more of the cars or at least more of the subject. I feel full length shots are a must for my project but that's down to personal taste!