My photographer is Irving Penn. Penn was born in 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Arts. He mainly focused on portraits and emphasizing people and their personalities through photos. Penn mainly worked on portraiture for Vogue magazine. He helped Vogue with most of their front covers of their magazines, one of his most famous photos being Picasso which is photo number 2. I chose to do this artist because I had recently taken portraits of my girlfriend and loved how I expressed her personality through the photos. Now that I can emulate Irving Penn my photos can express more using Penn's techniques.
The lighting in the first photo is coming from the front to project shadow's along the lines of the models body. The photo has both whites and shadows contrasting very well especially being converted into black and white yet the photo is still exposed correctly. Clearly there is not depth of field and the photo is completely in focus. It was taken from straight on and has more of an asymmetrical feel due to the curve position she is doing. For rule of thirds her head lies on the right line for rule of thirds so technically is following the rule of thirds. The focal point is her expression on her face along with her body language. It is taken vertically and has framed the model to be in the foreground to make a sense of importance for the models body and expression. The way that her body is angled leads your eye from her facial expression all the way down to the fierceness of her body.