Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Assignment2-Arnold Newman

























" The portrait is a form of biography"
"How we photograph that matters not what we photograph"
-Arnold Newman



-Composition***
-Combination of an abstract environment(abstraction+portraiture)
-pictorial environment that best represents his understanding of a person
-Create a visual tension between a moment and a psychological presence of a person
-Find a set of symbols
-eloquent light
-Graphic visual elements (showing person's profession and personality)
-Psychologically static position
-Usually, natural light (soft light from a window) or a single light source
-Seek ideas, visual concepts, the vague and preconceived images that have begun to form in mind
-Familiar surroundings
-4x5 negative