Hultine-Portrait



http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/annie-leibovitz/photo-gallery/19/ http://www.arnoldnewmanarchive.com/media-gallery/detail/58/333 http://www.commercegraphics.com/ba.html

Arnold Newman and Bernice Abbott both use more of a dramatic lighting/ While Annie Leibovitz used more studio fill lighting all three use artificial lighting which creates a different mood. They all had similar techniques. They all had interesting focal point of views. For example non of them were straight on pictures of the faces and no one was looking at the camera which creates a sense of wonder of what they are looking at. They all contain leading lines and rule of thirds.The techniques used really help the pictures seem more artsy. I think the most uniques part of Newman's was that his picture of Marilyn is not one we are used to seeing. We are used to the glam and the perfect hair. But in reality that is not who Marilyn really was, she was battling depression and drug and alcohol abuse. I feel like this picture captured who she was behind the scenes of a rolling camera. "The struggle to be perfect". In Leibovitz picture I liked the way she portrayed the glam. May favorite part would have to be the lighting of the overall picture, soft and bright. I think it helps pull the whole piece together. In Abbott's picture the first thing I though about when I saw this was Jekyll and Hyde. The duality of two different men combined as one. What really got me thinking about this was the expressions on the mens faces. One looks kind of mean and the other more kind, almost like opposites.