Estevan Oriol

Estevan Oriol is a photographer who is based in the United States though not being American, Oriol doesn't specify on his website what nationality he is.

 Oriol is known for his images of gangs in the US, he is also known for his black and white images which most if not all his images are like. I personally wouldn't want to take images like these due to the nature of some gangs in the United States I wouldn't feel comfortable doing this. These sorts of images I would be more comfortable doing with normal people instead of gangs. I do really like that all these images is the fact that they are in black and white it gives them a different feel to them I feel it would be interesting to see what these images would have looked like in colour but they probably are better in black and white.

I wouldn't mind attempting some black and white images of Los Angeles which these seem to be of. With Oriol's images as well there is a lot of variation most are of Los Angeles-based gangs but when you took at his images that aren't of the gangs they are so varied and are truly brilliant. With all three of these I think that they do incorporate gangs into them. With the middle one there seems to be a group of people stood near the bridge and with the bottom one someone in the car seems to be showing off their hydraulics to other members of the gang.

All his images like the bottom two which seem to hid the fact that there are gangs in the photos this give some of his work a little bit of mystery about it which is really impressive. Overall I would have to say that I really like Oriol's work but as it is gang related it isn't something that I would attempt the section about Los Angeles I would more than be willing to do.