Geffert-Portrait

These are three different portraits that I found extremely interesting. From left to right they are by; Cindy Sherman, Bernice Abott, and Arnold Newman.

The first one shows natural lighting I believe. There doesn't look to be a flash and the sun (most likely coming from a window) is laying on the woman making some quite amazing shadows. There are clearly some leading lines in this picture the door leads you to the floor and also to the figure in the middle and the lines and shadows made from the shirt and pose just keep the viewer wanting to keep studying and looking at this picture.

For the second picture, I really think this is an intriguing one! I can't tell if Bernice is trying to get across that this girl is dead and an angel because she is young and innocent, or that children in general are the angels of the world, young, innocent, and loving, no hate, and no prejudice. This shows most likely natural light and or dramatic because you really must focus on the girl because the background is just bland and there's not much interesting about it. The frame is definitely filled and there are leading lines the wing to the girl and then to the other wing. Some may even argue that framing is used because the wings make a frame kinda around the girls head.

The third portrait by Arnold Newman is very much so dramatic. Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz are dressed in primarily all black and they have nothing but complete whiteness and shadows around them making the lighting so dramatic that the viewer is forced almost to pay attention to this image as a whole. There are leading lines from the top of Alfred all the way down his arm then to Georgia's head. This image really is powerful

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