Arnold Newman

When thinking about environmental portraits and looking for inspiration, I recalled a book a former photography teacher showed me on the work of Arnold Newman. We were discussing portraiture in my first film photography class and my teacher John Barnhardt, a local filmmaker in Charleston, was showing us some of the photographers that inspired him. I instantly loved the work of Newman. His environmental portraits reminded me a lot of the work I was attempting and gave me inspiration to take my portraiture to that level. I really love the photo he took of Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father. With such a difficult subject to photograph, he took a very sensitive and delicate route. I imagine there must have been a significant amount of trust between the photographer and subject to make that photo happen.