Friday 5 February 2010

Environmental Portrait Research

Arnold Newman studied art in 1936
at the University of Miami, he develpoed his photography when he started as an apprentice photographer. He was influenced by The Farm Security Administration and magazines such as Vanity Fair, his images reflect the subjects vocation and portray realism.
He was quoted as saying " we don't take photographs with our cameras, we take them with our hearts and minds. They are a reflection of ourselves, what we are, and what we think" (cited http://www.artgallery.com/) He printed his images in Black and White silver gelatin and used a 4*5 view camera on a tri-pod he later started use a srl 35mm , Newman used natural light for his images. http://www.agallery.com/pages/photgraphers/newman.html

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