Who is Ralph John Perou?

           
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Ralph John Perou, is a well establised British photographer.
Known for fashion photography, portraits and music photography. In his earlier life he studied Religous Studies and Design A Levels. Then when he worked as a butler, Perou stated that he, "saw the dark side" and then went on to studying photography. He completed a Digital Photography course at North-East Surrey College of Technology, and in 1991 to 1994 he studied for a BA Hons degree in Photography Film and Video Arts, at the university of Westminster.

　

 

When Ralph John Perou graduated he worked at Click Studios in London as a studio manager. This is where Perou met many other popular photographers and some were the best in the world. After, he went onto shooting for editoral clients like Time Out, SkinTwo and Dazed & Confused. Then, the "Perou Factory" opened in East London in 2000. Perou has also appeared on Television programmes such as; "Make me a super model UK, Dirty Sexy Things," and a few other cameos. His style is quiet unique and some people critic him as being too;

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Analysing Perou's Photography

Here are a few of his images that I have selected to analyse. Many people think that his photos contain themes. In my opinion his photos are just moments of life that contain art themes. He does seem very contriversial in some of his images, using topics like; religon, race and nudity.

These are my favorite three:

  

          1. Underwater Photoshoot 

Here Perou has used a female model, that is good-looking with long, flowing hair with euphoric body language to resemble something beautiful, mythological and mysterious, maby like a mermaid. For the ocean and background Perou has stuck to the colour of blue with shades of black. I notice he has used a vignatte effect around the picture but more prominently at the bottom, to portray the deepness of the model in the ocean and to focus more on the subject of the photo. The model's body colour stands out at first glance which makes her the center point of the picture, with a light that comes from above so we know that she is deep underwater. Perou has taken this picture beautifully, everything is visually stunning.

                                                           2. Roman Statue Female
I like this photo because I love foreign art, culture and language. The background has dark shades of grey to black, with the object of the picture all white. The model has a stone-statue makeup effect to it with Roman Numerals underneath, so the photograph we know is probably Latin or Italian based. Perou has taken this fantastically by getting the model really steady and strong, just like a statue. Her legs make shapes that resembles the Italian place of Sicilly, (the 3 legged triangle, the trinacria). The background is also out of focus, concentrating deeply on the model. He captured this fantastically.

                                                        3. Dark man with white flowers
This is a dark photograph, with a mysterious vibe surrounding this peice that Perou is hinting at. The flowers stand out nicely exsposed and a white colour, straight away with the second glance to his eyes, that come across quite creepy. The background is blanked out completely and his skin tone is matching the background, yet more dark. He is standing up straight with flowers in his hand. I get a feeling Perou wanted to fascinate and intrigue us with this.