Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman

1. American

2. Environmental portrait

3. Off centre

4. one of the most influential in 20th century

5. Truman Capote, NY 1977

6. Aaron Copland, NY, 1959

7. Pablo Picasso

8. Alberto Giacometti, Paris, 1954

9. “Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” – Arnold Newman‬

10. Newman studied art at the University of Miami in Florida from 1936 to 1938 and then took a job as an assistant in a photography studio. In 1941 Newman had his first major exhibition in New York City.

11. his early portraits concentrated on well-known artists, he gradually broadened his subject matter to include famous people of all types, including writers, composers, political leaders, scientists, and business magnates, usually posing them in their own space or in a space that was constructed to reflect their character.

12. Photographs those at the top of their game, always takes their picture surrounded by what they are famous for. So musicians beside their instruments, artist and their canvases.

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