Wozniak,+Marley-+Portrait



Image 1 (left): Imogen Cunningham Image 2 (center): Richard Avedon Image 3 (right): Bernice Abbott

**Image 1:** Imogen Cunningham used outdoor lighting because the photo was shot outside, as the sun is in the corner and the phone wires are in background. **Image 2:** Richard Avedon used a light dramatic lighting in this picture because most of his face is in a shadow, and the background is a shadow too. Although most of his face is in the shadow, it is a light shadow- but it is still dramatic lighting. **Image 3:** Bernice Abbott used studio lighting because you can see the highlight of the light on the man’s face. Also, the shadows are not so extreme that it would be dramatic lighting. **Image 1:** Imogen Cunningham used leading lines because the telephone pole wires are in the background leading your eye to the accordion. She also used focal point because her focal point is the accordion, not the man’s face because it is in a shadow. Finally, she used rule of thirds as most of the man on the left side of the picture. **Image 2:** Richard Avedon used fill the frame because although there is some black in the background, it isn’t a distraction and the man’s face is so light up in contrast to the black background that it gives a sense of filling the frame. Avedon also used focal point because the place your eye goes to is the eyes and hands. **Image 3:** Bernice Abbott used rule of thirds because the man is mainly in the left side of the frame. Abbott also used leading lines because the lines from the curtain behind him draw down to his face which is laughing. Also, his scarf has a pattern in in that the lines lead up to the man’s face again. **Image 1:** Imogen Cunningham took the picture, and it is called “Accordian Player, 1935”. **Image 2:** Richard Avedon was the photographer of the picture called, “Marcel Duchamp, artist, New York, January 31, 1958”. **Image 3:** Bernice Abbott took this picture called “Claude McKay, Paris 1926”. Each artist has made the model feel comfortable with them, so they are being their authentic selves, which is really pleasing to look at. The main lighting technique used by the three artists was studio lighting or dramatic lighting because they are both types of artificial light. On the other hand, Imogen Cunningham used outdoor natural light. The three artist’s portraits will influence me in my future portraits by making sure to make the model feel comfortable with me taking their picture. Secondly, I would like to practice when using artificial light to not make it seem to harsh or forced, because subtlety is a good thing.
 * EXPLAIN THE TYPE OF LIGHTING USED: **
 * EXPLAIN THE COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES USED: **
 * NAME THE ARTIST AND THE NAME OF THE PIECE **
 * SOURCES: **
 * Image 1: ** [|__http://www.imogencunningham.com/page.php?page=display&return=archive&menu=archive&print=POR01&index=0__]
 * Image 2: ** [|__http://www.avedonfoundation.org/__]
 * Image 3: ** [|__http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba_portraits.html#4__]
 * HOW DO THE ARTIST MAKE THE PORTRAITS TRUE WORKS OF ART? **
 * WHAT LIGHTING/COMPOSITIONAL TECHNIQUES ARE EVIDENT THROUGHOUT? **
 * HOW MIGHT THESE ARTIST’S WORK INFLUENCE YOURS? **