Arnold Newman Artist Reference

Arnold Newman was born on march 3 1918 in New York City. He attended school in Atlanta and Miami beach Florida. Arnold Newman’s photography looks at people in there working place or in a location that has meaning to them and is relatable to them, his work is mainly Environmental Portraits of artists and politicians, most of his photos are in black and white and his photos are quite formal but also very raw and true to life as he captures them in specific moments like when they are at work or doing a hobby they are interested in. The models he is taking pictures of are sometimes posing for the camera than having a picture taken of them when they are working in there environment, which makes the pictures formal.

Arnold Newman also took a picture of Alfred Krupp and took a picture of him when the light was just perfect on his face and made him loo like the malicious man that he was, in the background there was the train station where he had all the supplies for the Nazi war and showcased that he did horrible things in the war and worked people to death he used concentration camp prisoners as labour workers, and then published the photo that krupp specifically said o delete making him known as a horrible man to the rest of the world.

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  1. 1. The quality of your analysis and interpretation of Arnold Newman’s work is improving, but try and provide more contextual insights into his practice and methods. For example, when analysing key images make use of the image analysis sheet: Technical/ Visual/ Contextual/ Conceptual more explicitly. You should choose 2 things from each category and use that as a structure in your image analysis

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    2. Try and make your own set of environmental portraits in response to Arnold Newman.

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