portraiture photographers // Portraiture

David Bailey

 This is a portrait taken by David Bailey. I have chosen this as one of my 3 pictures from different portraiture photographers as he has used many various techniques within this image; for instance I quite like the way he has used light to create a grey to black effect, with the grey being at the top of the image gradually changing into a black background at the bottom left diagonal, this shows the audience that Bailey has lit the subject from above. I also quite like how he has used composition for effect; as with how the subject is posed, you can see a multitude of shapes for instance triangles, quadrilaterals and more. Bailey has used composition with the subject to make their hair not fully in focus, as it's midway through movement.

Richard Avedon

This portrait taken by Richard Avedon is quite interesting. I quite like it because the composition set by Avedon has meant that there are various shapes that make up this one portrait, this helps to make the subject look much more significant in the image. I also quite like this portrait because the subject's facial expression makes it look like their throwing their head back from laughing.

Hellen Van Meene

This portrait by Hellen Van Meene is quite interesting because of a few things. I quite like how Van Meene has used the lighting in the image to highlight the subjects face, create a shadow and make it look like the image is split in half. The texture of the walls also makes this image quite interesting, as most images have flat, one-textured backgrounds whilst this one by Van Meene has a texture to it. Van Meene also uses composition to create the shapes of the image, for example the triangle between the subject's left arm and ribs.