He looked at the gritty and desperate natures of both men and women and published the lives of prostitutes,pimps and drug dealers who worked openly on the streets.
This became shocking to witness but also without intention began a fashion sense as the grime of the 70's was a stereotypical look as people wanted to look tougher and 'cooler' another main fashion in the 70's was pop culture as the music industry had an effect. The grimy look is what we see in Bobbe's photographs.
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In this image we see the obvious 70's pop culture fashion but the bold black and white image with its gritty damaged background gives the image a darker atmosphere suggesting a deeper sinister effect of the image.
One of the more popular cameras during the 70's was the olympus 35mm film camera. This camera was lightweight easily portable and a simple point and shoot had never been easier meaning capturing the moment had never become so literal.
With colour photography growing in craze Polaroid released an instant colour print camera which was of course the instax. This camera became widely popular because of how easy and quick it was to point shoot and have a print ready. This was a technological revolution for photography and the art form was becoming more and more popular as cameras became more accessible and easier to operate.
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