Initially this photograph made me feel intimidated and slightly creeped out, because of the expression on his face and the setting that the man is placed at looks abandoned. As well as this it give me the impression that I am being observed which develops a fear in me of being judged for being myself.

Natural light floods from above, illuminating most of the background setting, however the rest of the photograph is dark and the contrasts of the shadows with the light makes it eye catching and draws you in, to focus more on Alfred Kurpp’s face; where as the background is flooded with light. Its as if Arnold Newman was bringing to light all the bad things this evil man had done. Also I think that artificial light was bought in from a studio and were placed perpendicular to each other to make a more contrasted look on his face.

Arnold Newman is showing the world that they hadn’t caught all the evil men involved with world war 2 and that they missed out the man who had made weapons for Hitler and constructed the trains that lead to putting the jew’s in Auschwitz and other concentration camps.