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

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 he put it, “famous for being famous.”

“I hate the whole idea of celebrity,” he said.

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