Research. Objects of Desire.

Adrian Burke

Adrian Burke is a London based photographer specialising in still life and animals.

Starting out on his own in the early 1990s, he has worked consistently since in the advertising, design and editorial fields.

This photographers lighting, attention to detail and problem solving have truly seen him work repeatedly with agencies and brands for many years.

He is a rather modern photographer and for The Objects of Desire, his main body of work that has been inspiring me is his advertisement work, his use of colour, creating an image that is striking, making the object or the brand that is advertised appear very bright and appealing.

Someone that inspires him is “Irving Penn”.

The images used are rather simplistic, simply shot in the studio with the brands being shown so it is easy to read what is being displayed, this is also created by the good use of lighting in his images.

I take great inspiration with the use of lighting and shadows used when enhancing the photographs.