Jill Cole

Jill Cole is a documentary and fine art photographer who has very unique concepts and ideas to base her projects around. Her most unique idea that really fascinated and shocked me was a series she photographed a bird struggling for freedom inside a bag. These photos are on military ground, who keep these birds for conservation and scientific research, and one of her most striking and beautiful photos is of one of the birds in this enclosure trapped by a fine netting.

I also found her project on guns incredibly interesting. She focuses on the idea of how the UK prides itself on being a gun-less society, but yet has guns so much in the media and they are still seen as objects of desire. I thought this was a really interesting idea and the shots taken are really clever.

I really love Jill Cole's work, I love her concepts behind her photos and her careful consideration to the content is obvious in every image to make amazing fine-art images. I find her photo of the child very similar to the work of Sally Mann, in the way it's shot and natural way of presenting children in adult situations.