In this image Sothern has used black and white which brings a cinematic vibe to the picture, which is a way of story telling and because of this vibe you feel as it you are following this persons story. The laid back setting suggests this shoot was quite comfortable and she is at home so it creates questions like where does she live, what does she do for a living? The black and white drains all colour out of the photo and makes the picture seem solely about the model and her story. This photographer also mainly uses women so it seems he is following the story of women in a certain region, also in a majority of his picture women are naked, enforcing the feel that with the black and white, a person is stripped down to nakedness, to bare truth.
In this picture I have used black and white and the model in mine and the model in Sothern's seem to be using the same sort of pose. Neither f the models are dressed up which enforces the idea that the picture is about the person the model is, not the clothes she wears, both are also in a comfortable area (Sothern's the bed, mine the chair which you can slightly see) which enforces the idea they are being their honest self and makes the photography quite documentary. I have also used a woman model however this i purely by chance, I did not do this on purpose, I did this just because I wanted a female model as initially this was a magazine shoot. The black and white drains the colour as iv said and makes the picture more about the subject, this then enforces my models smile and documents that she is happy (due to the idea that black and white represents bare nakedness and truth), this raises enigmas like why is she happy?
Both pictures connect because they both use black and white, both models are women, are both photos seem to document that persons life story in that moment in time. The only major difference I can see is the location is made prominent in Sothern's picture and mine is a studio back drop as I did not deem the setting important.
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