Emotional Response

I like how the image is very busy which allows for the viewers to look for the different details and smaller objects that we don’t see at first glance. I think that the image is initially quite intimidating the man looks to me as if he carries a lot of power behind him. I also think that the shadows on his face from the natural and artificial lights adds to the mood of the image making Krupp more powerful. Overall I think that this image has the potential to hold a lot of meaning behind it as it is full of detail, as well as allowing the viewer to begin thinking what could be happening in the image without researching it.

how was the photo taken -Technical

As you can see in the image below I have added a grid over the top to show how the image is taken in a way to allow for the rule of thirds to be present. Newman has taken the image so that Krupp is in the centre of frame at the bottom, this is where the viewers eyes are initially drawn to before looking at the factory behind him almost like a tunnel because of the natural lighting on the roof.

Visual -what can we see in the image

Conceptual – why was the photo taken / presented

Initially Newman did not want to take the photo of Krupp, however ended up deciding to take it and before he did he knew exactly what kind of image he wished to produce. He wanted Krupp infant of the industrial background and made sure he was in the centre to show that he was the man in charge of the site. The way Newman has also made sure that the lighting and position made the image more dramatic helps reveal to the viewers what kind of man he was. Newman wanted to present his a brutal and the reason to why so many people had died. When he asked Krupp to lean forward he naturally interlinked his hands which put Newman on edge. Newman gained his bit of revenge when Krupp was furious at the sight of the image which became one of his most famous images.

Contextual – who, when, where etc…the story, background, impact

In the image above Newman, who was from a family of second generation Jewish immigrants, has captured the German industrialist, Alfred Krupp. Newman became known as the father of environmental portraits after this image was released. Initially he did not wish to take the image as he saw Krupp as a devil and war criminal. However, he did decide to take the job of photographing him but was far from comfortable, he says “My hair stood on end” after he asked Krupp to lean on the chair he was sat on for the image. As the image was only taken around 20 years after the Second World War, this may have been why Newman was hesitant at first as he was a Jewish and Krupp was German and the Germans killed many Jews during the Holocaust. I think Newman also captures why he was unsure on taking the image in Krupp’s facial expressions as he gives a very intimidating look. Through the image Newman says that it was his way of getting a slight bit of revenge on Krupp as it made him out to be a Nazi who survived yet killed thousands of people. During the war Krupp insisted on using slave labour to manufacture arms for the Nazi’s, in that time it was natural for the Jewish workers to be treated the worsted Krupp followed that by perishing them.