3. A Closer look at Environmental Portraits | Formal Portraits

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An environmental portrait is a portrait executed in the subject’s usual environment, such as in their home or workplace, and typically illuminates the subject’s life and surroundings.  

Group Activity | Image Analysis

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Arnold Newman | Portrait of Alfred Krupp | 1963
  • Emotional Response (how it makes you feel / initial reactions):
  • Technical:
  • Visual:
  • Conceptual:
  • Contextual :

You have 5 minutes to research this image and present your findings as a group…

Blog Post 1 :

  • define, describe and explain what an environmental portrait is
  • add a mood board grid  of suitable images
  • include hyperlinks to suitable URLs to help you
  • add at least one video to create inter-activity on your blog

Blog Post 2 :

Choose either Arnold Newman or August Sander to write a CASE STUDY and create a blog post that includes….

  • a brief biography of the artist and their aims / intentions
  • Mood-board of key images
  • Select one key image and apply Technical | Visual | Contextual | Conceptual analysis
  • Add any other relevant research / insights
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August Sander The Face of Our Time 1926
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August Sander The Face of Our Time 1926
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August Sander The Face of Our Time 1926
Arnold Newman Igor Stravinsky (composer) 1946

Other environmental portraits to consider

Walker Evans Sharecropper Family 1936

Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother 1936
Sian Davey “Looking for Alice” 2012
Alec Soth Sleeping by the Mississippi 2004
James Nachtwey Rwanda 1995
Michelle Sank
David GoldBlatt
Anthony Kurtz No Man’s Job series 2010

Resources to help you analyse and interpret the images…

Picture

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Rule of thirds grid…useful for balance, symmetry and strong compositions
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Apply the Golden ratio, Fibonacci Sequence to an image (overlay / blend a template)
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Henri Cartier-Bresson and the use of “The Golden Triangle”

Remember to show your Photo-Shoot Planning and clearly explain :

  • who you are photographing
  • what you are photographing
  • when you are conducting the shoot
  • where you are working/ location
  • why you are designing the shoot in this way
  • how you are going to produce the images (lighting / equipment etc)

Or use this one…

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