Man Ray and Juergen Teller Analysis

This photograph is by Man Ray a Photographer/painter from America, taken in 1929. He was born in 1890 and died in 1976 aged 86. He was most well known for his experimental photography that pushed the modern boundaries at that time. The subject of this photograph is Elizabeth Lee Miller an American photographer born in 1907 and died in 1977 aged 70. She started out as a successful fashion model in New York before moving to Paris where she was taught by Man Ray to become a fashion and fine art photographer. 

The size of the photograph makes it more personal as it is fairly small, which draws the viewer into the image. It is a close up portrait shot of the side of Elizabeth Lee Miller’s face. The arrangement of the picture is pleasing as she is in the centre of the photograph and the background is plain so all attention is focused on her.

This photograph has been planned out which makes it seem quite forced. The image has been solarized, by Man Ray, in the dark room to achieve this effect. 

I feel this photograph has a very cold mood to it as it is a very grey and flat image.

This photograph was taken by Juergen Teller, a famous fashion Photographer from Germany. He was born in 1964 and moved to London in 1986 aged 22 where he started his career. His work has been featured in many magazines such as 'The Face', 'Vogue', 'Another Magazine' and 'Self Service'. This photograph was taken for Self Service magazine in 2010 of Kate Moss at her house in Gloucestershire.

It is a fairly distant view of Kate Moss laying in a wheel barrow. All the colours in the image are natural, earthy colours except from the blue wall that is behind Kate Moss. This bright colour along with the lines on the wall, that add texture, make her stand out more.

Juergen Teller uses two Contax G2 cameras with flashes to capture different aspects of the subject, this means the image is less posed as the model doesn't know where to look. 

I really like this photograph as it has a nice composition and the natural colours along with the bold blue background work well together.