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Geezer.1
06-11-2006, 10:32 AM
Arnold Newman died last week at age 88. He was a still photographer who specialized in portraits. If he didn't invent the environmental portrait then he certainly perfected it.
As a news photographer I have always found his work to be pure magic. We struggle to shoot our interviews in such a way that they tell a little bit about the subject.
Arnold Newman had a gift for putting his subject and their whole life story into the frame. He was so good that his picture of Alfred Krupp nearly got him killed. He got them to move some gigantic machine into position just for the shot. The result is that he made Hitler's armourer look like the devil himself. Talk about titanium stones!
He shot for about every major magazine at one time or another. There is a great book of his work out there entitled One Mind's Eye. It may be out of print in paperback but it is availiable used through Amazon. I especially like it because the index lists where the image was originally puhblished and what format he shot it on. Newman principally worked with a 4x5 view camera.
If you don't have a copy on your bookshelf then go buy one before you sign off. Trust me on this one.
In my universe Arnold Newman was right up there with W. Eugene Smith.
I'm going to bail now, go pour myself a cup of coffee, put some Paul Desmond on the stereo and thumb through my 30 year old copy of One Mind's Eye and be reminded of just what a camera can do in the right hands.
Enjoy your Sunday.

Baltimore Shooter
06-14-2006, 11:35 PM
My condolences to the family of Arnold Newman. Do you have any links to examples of the fine work he produced?

Warren

1911A1
06-15-2006, 12:14 AM
My condolences to the family of Arnold Newman. Do you have any links to examples of the fine work he produced?

Warren


This is the Alfred Krupp photograph that he referred to:

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0312/an01.html


That site has quite a few of his photographs.

Bluedog
06-15-2006, 10:34 AM
JFK, LBJ, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, Arafat, Sharon, Cronkite, Copote, Scorsese, Murdoch, Monroe, Asimov! Wow, what stories he must've had! Great career, great photos. Thanks for introducing him to us all.

Geezer.1
06-18-2006, 12:38 PM
Ken
I'm glad you are enjoying the work of Arnold Newman. If you like night shots and elaborate lighting then I suggest you google O Winston Link. There is a museum dedicated to his work and you can find it out on the net in a flash.
It's amazing what this guy could do with nothing more than a truckload of flashbulbs, a willing town and a railroad at his disposal.
Enjoy.