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[|Photographs from the Photographer] Arnold Newman was born in 1918 and died in 2006. He was known as on the the greatest masters of the 20th and 21st century. Something about Arnold Newman's pictures made me feel like i was living in the 1920s. His photography influences me and everything about it I love. The black and white theme, the no emotion pictures and the self portraits up close make the picture so much appealing to the eye. Not only does he take picture of people up close but some of his pictures have weird backgrounds and objects in the picture which makes it look cool in a way. I chose this picture because you can see every feature about the old man and his emotion that he is showing.
 * Arnold Newman- **

[|Photographer from the Photographer] Diane Arbus was born in 1923 in New York City. She was one of the most distinctive photographers of the 20th century known for her eerie portraits and offbeat subjects. Diane’s portraits are very different to me considering she didn't just stay in one topic but jumped around from taking picture of dwarfs, giants, transgenders, nudist and circus performers. Her pictures were mainly black and white and were very different from the way she edited it to the way she positioned the camera. She captured every detail in the person as she could which made the picture more interesting. The thought of the different sized people in one picture makes it different from the rest rather than just having a plain out picture of someones face. Diane's uses many different compositions and concepts which makes her pictures appealing to the eye.
 * Diane Arbus- **

[|Photographs from the Photographer] Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon in 1883. She was an American photographer known for her botanical photography, nudes and landscapes. Imogen’s photography to me were very interesting. The angles and the objects that she took made her pictures even more appealing. She made the pictures look even better when she made them all black and white along with the lighting that she took the picture in. In a way, she made her picture look like they are ghostly when she made them a very light color of black and white.
 * Imogen Cunningham- **

For my picture, I was inspired most by Arnold Newman because his pictures reminded me of the 1920s in which I wish I could've experienced. In Arnold’s pictures, he showed no expression, all black and white and they had weird angles to them. So in my picture I would like to use all those compositions to create a picture that Arnold shot because when I first saw his pictures it really captured my eye. And since i'm doing portraits like his, i'm going to make my model look like she is from the olden days. I’m going to use a good lighting since in a lot of his pictures, he used good lighting to capture the feel and concept of it. The black and white will capture the feel of old in my picture, value of the colors in my picture whether making it a darker black and white or a little black and white and contrast the picture. My concept that I will be interpreting in my picture will be “young as the old” because since Arnold took picture of people from back in the day, I would like to show that in my concept. My model is wearing her hair back in a bun, a turtleneck and old glasses which had made her look like she is older.