Monday, July 6, 2015

Portraits of Artists, by Arnold Newman


Marc Chagall
Man Ray
Igor Stravinsky

Arnold Newman was an American photographer (1918 - 2006), whom I admired when I was an aspiring photographer in the 1980s.  I loved his careful composition, especially portraits where context loomed large over his subject.  It was as if a piece of work, the space of the studio, or an instrument of art was far more telling of that subject than the subject itself and was therefore more than warranting of portraiture.
 

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