IMAGE ANALYSIS

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Arnold Newman was a Jew who took environmental portraits of influential people such as Bill Clinton and Pablo Picasso. Alfred Krupp was a German steel manufacture and inventor. He made ammunition for the Nazi’s and used the Jews from the concentration camp as slaves. Arnold was very hesitant to work with Alfred because of the type of man he was and because of his beliefs.

This image shows a sinister looking man in the foreground of the image with an industrial background. As a viewer we can only see from Alfred’s torso up and he is lent forward with his hands linked , making him look more intimidating

The lighting of this image is a mixture of natural lighting and artificial lighting. Arnold set up artificial light on each side of Alfred so the the lighting hits the sides of his face and deepens in the middle of his face making his eyes look menacing.

The overall consensus of this image is very negative and leaves the viewer feeling quite uncomfortable as Arnold has portrayed Alfred as a very powerful looking man and the fact Alfred is looking directly into the camera gives the viewer the feeling that he is looking straight at them leaving them with an uncomfortable feeling.

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