Willig+Portrait



Tanaquil LeClercq by Irving Penn, 1947 http://thegloss.com/tag/irving-penn/ I like how this picture seems to be so calm, but at the same time, there is a very large amount of emotions happening. This girl looks like she could be a dancer, because of what she is wearing, which to me says that she is very strong. It also seems that her eyes are closed, keeping of some more emotions, but there seems to be enough emotions coming from her face to tell the story. She doesn’t look very old either, so something in her life must not be going good.It looks like the artist is using dramatic lighting here. Rules of thirds is being applied here.

A self portrait of Annie Leibovitz http://www.keatleyphoto.com/tag/famous-photographer/ I really like this portrait, because it seems very strong. I like the fact that she is hiding most of her face behind her hand, but yet she also has only one eye open. She looks a bit older, but yet at the same time very powerful. Looks like there is a studio light being used, like when you are getting your picture taken for school, and there is a big light right in front of you. You can tell by the extra light behind her. The compositional technique that is being used here is filling the frame, by the persons body filling almost all of the frame. All that is left is the color in the background.

"Twins" by Diane Arbus, 1967 http://howtophotographyourlife.com/famous-photographer-quotes/iane-arbus/ Whenever somebody sees twins, they usually think how alike they are because of their appearance and how close their relationship two sisters have with each other, but in this picture these two twins seem to be very different from each other, which is stereotypical to some. I like that the photographer had this great imagination and idea with the concept, and it really works out well. Looks like there is natural light being used from somewhere else. The rules of thirds is being applied here.