Arnold Newman took this photo before World War two, years after the Nazis where defeated.
The man photographed is Alfred Krupp, an industrialist.
My initial impression of this image was that the man in the foreground was a business owner with his factory behind him. His stern face creates a feeling of power and authority.
Natural light enters from the top of the photo, highlighting the the factory through the middle of the photo. The natural light creates contrast with the dark corners and foreground, and a frame is created by the archway, suggesting a divide with the man in front of the arch symbolising his importance, showing he may be a manager or owner.
RICHARD HAMILTON, 1922, was an artist and photographer, that mixed painting and photos to create interesting and unique pieces, that were the earliest pieces of pop art. Throughout his education, HAMILTON, studied art on and off, once being expelled for defying his teachers’ instructions. In WW2, HAMILTON, was a technical draftsman. He has exhibited his work in many places, such as Hanover Gallery and Tate Gallery. HAMILTON died in 2011, in London.
my favourite HAMILTON pieces
These are my favourite pieces by HAMILTON, because I enjoy the bright colours and how he incorporates his/found paintings, photographs and colour blocks together to create a story for the viewer. I like the way HAMILTON uses negative space to add depth and a 3D look.
image analysis
TECHNICAL
This photo montage is made mostly up of colour blocks or negative space. The negative space brings light and focus to the montage, although it is not technically lighting, the blank spaces act as light. It is mostly flat light though.
VISUAL
The negative space adds dimension to some aspects and creates a 2D feel in some spaces too. The white spaces adds an edge to some parts, such as in the door way. The way the aspects are arranged creates a 3D picture, this happens where the room behind the lady is placed, creates another room, and another part of the story that HAMILTON wanted to add. The way the photo montage is composed, is visually appealing, as the lady is stood on the other side of the busy and heavily filled with objects and negative space.
CONTEXTUAL
The use of the women figure links to the time in which the photo montage was created, in the sense that, women were objects and classed subordinate. HAMILTON maybe chose to use the woman, as the main focus to show that women are important to society. Or, did HAMILTON use the woman to show how they can be used and objectified in society.
