Tag: Arnold Newman

Examining Arnold Newman’s Environmental Portraits When taking portraits, Arnold Newman was less interested in the details of his subject’s surroundings than with the symbols he could create with them. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/lens/examining-arnold-newmans-environmental-portraits.html When taking portraits, Arnold Newman was less interested in the details of his subject’s surroundings than with the symbols he could create with them.

From the New York Times: Mr. Newman photographed so many of the world’s most prominent and accomplished men and women that it sometimes seemed as if there was no public figure that his lens had left untouched. But there were subjects he generally steered clear of: actors, actresses, rock stars and anyone he considered, as…