Photography Blog Assignment: Week #2 (Due Sept. 9th)

Photographers!  This weeks blog assignment focuses on portraiture.  Locate and post a black and white portrait photograph, taken by a professional photographer (Annie Leibovitz, Alfred Stieglitz, Cindy Sherman, and Robert Mapplethorpe are good places to start) either living or deceased, that follows the composition guidelines discussed in class.  After posting the photograph, giving credit to the artist, and citing the source, analyze the photograph purely for its composition.  Discuss the rule of thirds, leading the eye, positive and negative space, and foreground - middle-ground - background.  Also describe how the composition aids the artist in creating a certain emotion in the viewer.

Annie Leibovitz "Susan at Home"