Fine Art Portraits

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Commercial and Fine Art Portrait Contact Sheet

Commercial vs. Fine Art Photography

              All of these portraits are interesting and beautiful in their own way. They're all trying to capture a certain aspect of a person/people and what that aspect means. The commercial portraits are trying to sell or advertise something. The fine art portraits are trying to illustrate the human condition, and there is a story that goes along with each image. The magazine photographs are again trying to do something completely different. They're trying to capture the personality of the person who will be featured in the magazine, not tell their stories in an image or sell whatever they're wearing but let the reader know a bit more about the person before they read the story.

Magazine Cover-Richard Avedon
I like this photo of Jean Shrimpton because it captures a bit of her
personality in addition to her beauty. Also, the background and
the pink around her face make her face obviously the subject.

Magazine Cover-Irving Penn
Vogue always has interesting beautiful photos with interesting and beautiful
 people as the model. I really like this one specifically because its very
but a little bit sassy. In addition the way that the image is lit is very dramatic
and makes Kidman glow and her dress shine. 

Fine Art-Sravan Gondipalli
I like this image because of the interesting lighting. The bright
whiteness of his face is very interestingly contrasted by the shadow
of the fence. Also the models facial  expression is very expressive
and interesting. 

Fine Art-Kyle Thompson
This image is one of my favorites. I think the way the smoke is
lit and the contrast between just lying down and relaxing in a fancy
dress. Also the fact that she's just casually lying in water makes the
photo interesting. 

Commercial-Dave Hill
As far as commercial photography goes(which I am not a very
big fan of) this is a good one. I assume that if this picture was
going to be used in some sort of advertisement the advertiser would
be trying to sell the fiat. The way that the photo is set up makes the fiat
jump  out at you. Dave Hill went about this by keeping all the colors
around the bright orange car somewhat dull and muted, making the car pop.

Commercial-Michael Jones
I'm not especially fond of this picture but the way that it was composed
is a very good example of what I think a commercial photograph
should look like. The women is obviously the subject, but more specifically
the dress is the subject. Michael Jones makes this clear by using a light
white background, and a pale model to make the color and texture stand
out. He also positioned the model in a way to best sell the dress which I
think was very smart.