Richard Avendon

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I have chosen this image as it relates to my studio portraits and final prints like the model/actress in this portrait all my images have an occurring theme in which the models are bare from the shoulders up.What i like about this image is how both the foreground and background compliment each other even though they have similar tones but with the shadowing on the left hand side creates a dividing line between the two.I also like how i'm drawn in by the eyes which are set against the flawless skin.

Tumblr reserach

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Nerve Damage

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I like how portraiture can be outside the studio and the backdrop outside doesn't necessarily always distract you from the subject in the foreground.But i also find when viewing the image anyway you are drawn straight into  the face which i think the subjects has very distinctive features .

Karel Krizak

Photographer deborah Turberville taken by  Karel Krizak
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This photograph is taken off a photographer whose work i admire .I really like how the photographer has darkened the backdrop as it only adds emphasis and definition to the  aging skin of this women which looks  well lived in .I feel like the more lines and creases one person has, makes you think what kind of a life that person has led.Also when you look at the deep set eyes they make you feel almost like your looking into never ending black pool.

Irving Penn

 


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I find Irving takes on portraiture refreshing, i really admire how the photographer has placed the subjects in this confined spaces making them look slightly awkward and uncomfortable.

Tumblr Research

Another find on tumblr showing then and now portraits using the same characteristics with same or similar locations.I like the idea creating portraits over a period of time to show the development and change and growth of a person instead off having just one still image.I think doing this you would could create a kind documentation through images of one persons cycle through life. 

Paul Bennett - Portraits 2008

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I've found a new method of doing research using tumblr this is where i found these intriguing portraits/paintings. I'm not sure what the inspiration or meanings are behind these images, but for myself when viewing them i feel they illustrate a women being stripped of there vanity.It kind off inspires me to create portraits of models stripped and bared of there vanity necessities to show face behind the mask which can often reveal natural beauty.