When he photographs these public spaces, he doesn't include any signs of human life because as he puts "it gives the images a timeless character". I believe he does this to show how we work around the environment we make for ourselves. Furthermore he focuses heavily on symmetry and frontal perspective which then makes these places look unusual and captivating to think about as well as aesthetically.
Bohbot way of working relies heavily on themes, in which he will pick one idea such as Libraries, like the image to the left taken out of his project 'House of Books, and then visit many different places which come under this chosen theme to photograph them. This ends up making his series look like documentary studies on the way humans develop buildings which have the same purpose in many different ways but which all have the same characteristics. He captures his images using medium or large format camera's which allow him to include as much detail to his photographs as possible. This means that the viewer can spend along time looking at his large prints just studying all the different elements captured within the frame.
Another thing that accounts for his unique style of photographing these places comes in post-production, where Bohbot makes a conscious decision to balance colours and make them coherent together which together with focusing highly on symmetry creates a photograph that is very balanced and easy to view. This style he also uses for his documentary portraiture which is why I'm focusing on him.
Again he has photographed them using a large format camera to make sure that he picks up all the details of the shop, which make his images look very ore inspiring. He's used the same landscape format for all of his portraits, like I have used the same portrait format for mine, which for both of us creates a continuous rhythm throughout the series. His subject's are all centre frame, like mine, which makes sure the viewers first gaze is straight onto the subject, and then looks at the background after.
All of his subjects look very comfortable in front of the camera and have natural facial expressions without posing, this reinforces how I must make my subjects comfortable to create an honest portrait of them. Most of the photographs captures the subjects full body(sometimes they're sitting), which I think shows Bohbot trying to represent all of the person, and also this gives the viewer more visual information about the style and body position of the subject which creates a more for filling portrait. Again, like with his other projects, Bohbot has shot using a straight on approach and then balanced his colours to make them coherent after, which increases his style of work making it apply to all of his different projects which is a very good way of working. This project is very similar to mine on cultural diversity, as the format and subject of the projects are exactly the same, but where Bohbot has focused just on barber shops I have focused on all different types. This could mean that the collective rhythm of my project may fall apart a bit, because the shops change what composition I can create, but I hope because my viewpoint on the subject will stay the same it means the project has a good authentic style which can be seen in all the photographs. Something to take away from Bohbots work is how he balances the colours, and also focuses heavily on symmetry which both together creates well balanced images.