^Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth

Tom Hunter is an artist using photography and film, living and working in East London. He is Professor of Photography at the London College of Communications, University of the Arts, London, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London. Tom has earned several awards during his career, his latest in 2016, the Rose Award for Photography at the Royal Academy, London.

 

^ Ophelia by John Millais

^The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer

Many of Tom’s series show he is inspired by famous artists such as Johannes Vermeer and John Millais, He even takes inspiration from Biblical Tableaux paintings.

Image Analysis:

-In Johannes Vermeer Painting titled ‘Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window’  the open window is on one level intended to represent “the woman’s longing to extend her domestic sphere” beyond the constraints of her home and society, while the fruit “is a symbol of extramarital relations.” The letter that she holds is a love letter either planning or continuing her illicit relationship. Tom Hunter re-imagines this image in current times showing a woman reading a possession order that tells her she has to leave her home.

-Hunter uses natural lighting to hit the side of the woman’s face allowing for emphasis of her emotional state.

-The ISO that Tom uses appears to be low as the image is mainly darker in tone. This is used as an advantage to give focus to where the light hits, the woman and the baby.