Cars are as much a part of city life as the buildings and streets around them. This series focuses on the Audi S3 in an urban setting, using both colour and black and white to explore the relationship between the vehicle and its surroundings, reflection, surface texture and the contrast between machine and street.
The shoot was kept deliberately light and mobile, with equipment fitting into a single rucksack so the car could be moved between locations. That kind of constraint tends to produce more considered images; you work with what the location gives you rather than imposing a setup on it.
The S3 is a clean subject for this kind of work. The proportions are tight, the lines are direct, and the blacked-out details respond well to directional light. Both natural and mixed ambient light were used across the set.
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