What did he do?
What was he known for?
Arnold Newman was an American photographer, best known & most admired for his environmental portraits. He photographed some of the world's most influential people, his works published & exhibited all over the world.
A well celebrated image of his was that of, Igor Stavinsky (above), an abstract composition with the subject & his piano.
One of my favorites from the collection I looked at in his gallery of portraits (http://www.arnoldnewmanarchive.com/) was that of Alfried Krupp (above), centre placed in front of an assembly line where slave labour had taken place in the times of Hitler happenings. In my opinion Newman did an extraordinary job of drawing out & capturing the emotion behind this somewhat seemingly cunning & dark souled man.
Although many of Newman's images were produced as black & white, I was quite drawn to this photograph of Jackson Pollock (above) and the previous of Alfried Krupp because they were colour images. In my opinion I think they wouldn't be as appealing in black & white as they are viewed now. Both use great composition, lighting & subject matter.
I have enjoyed looking at Arnold Newman & I look forward to referencing back on his works as I look into my own Environmental Portraits.
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