environmental portraits

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An environmental portrait is a photographed portrait that captures subjects in their natural surroundings instead of in a studio or other artificial setup.

Alec Soth

Alec Soth is a photographer born in American in 1969  is a photographer who is best known for photographing the Midwestern United States. He lives in Minneapolis, MN, which is also the city of his birth, although he relocated to Bronxville, NY, for his studies at Sarah Lawrence College.

this photo is a photo of Charles. when Alec Soth was driving on a road he saw a house with a glass unit attached to it so he drove up to the house and knocked on the door a lady answered and told him it was her husbands work she also told him to come back later. when he came back Alec Soth spoke to Charles about what he does Charles spoke about how he moved his stair case around 3 times and the glass unit was his cockpit where he builds model aircrafts. Alec Soth took this photo of Charles on one of his roofs he talks about Charles like he’s the type of person that dreams big and starts big project but doesn’t quiet complete them but Soth says these types of people is why keeps doing photography.

Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman was born in March 3rd 1918 and died on June 6th 2006, Arnold Newman was an American photographer, noted for his “environmental portraits” of artists and politicians He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images.

comparing Alec Soth with Arnold Newman

Alec Soth photo are more modern than Arnold Newman this is because when Arnold Newman was taking his photos they where taken on a black and white camera and Alec soth. also with Soth the person in the photo is the main subject.

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