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Mike Stimpson

Mike was born in 1979 in West Midlands, England. He still lives there now. Mike happens to be a video game programmer rather than a photographer, photography is just something he does in his spare time. He is part of the stuck in plastic collective which is a small group of photographers dedicated to bring more toy photographers together, they all share knowledge and are trying to push toy photography further.. Mike is also known for his recreations of some famous photographs.

So far the work that i have seen of Mike Stimpson, I find it quite playful and enjoy looking through his many different shots, i also like his recreations taking such iconic photographs and making them entertaining and playful, for this project i will definitely be using mikes work for inspiration.

Out of all Mikes work, this has to be my favourite. Mainly because it is a very close recreation, even though his recreation is out of Lego it is still clear that it a recreation of the photo with the guys high up in the air on steel works, just sat having a chat and eating lunch.. i think its an iconic shot because it shows what used to happen on a daily but it also shows why health and safety regulations needed to be brought in on working sites.