Photography A-Level

Man Ray Portrait of Marquise Casati 1922 Man Ray, originally named Emmanuel Radnitzky. (Born 1890) He is considered the pioneer of Surrealist photography and took many photos that fell into the Avant-Garde category of artwork. Man Ray was also interested in painting and film making, which shows he has a very creative mind that hardly runs out of ideas. The portrait of Markiza Casati makes me feel intimidated due to the intensity of the stare from the model, the use of a slow shutter speed emphasises the focal point, which I think is the eyes since that’s usually what you first see when looking at a face. The framing of the photo also places the eyes in the centre of the photo and revels the upper torso of the model, which seems to be dirty suggesting that the woman could be poor. The lighting in this photo seems artificial and is hitting the Model face-on, however there is a shadow created on her left cheek which makes me feel confused and think about how little is revealed in th...