Arnold Abner Newman

yer: New York

Doğmuş: 1918

Ölüm: 2006

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Arnold Abner Newman was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. In 2006, he was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.

Early Life and Education

Newman was born on March 3, 1918, in Manhattan to a Jewish family. He grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and later moved to Miami Beach, Florida. His parents owned hotels in both Atlantic City and Miami Beach, and would spend winters in Florida and summers in New Jersey. He attended Atlantic City High School and graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School. In 1936, he studied painting and drawing at the University of Miami.

Career

Newman's career as a photographer began in 1942 when he returned to Florida to manage a portrait studio in West Palm Beach, Florida. Three years later, he opened his own business in Miami Beach. In 1946, Newman relocated to New York City, where he opened Arnold Newman Studios and worked as a freelance photographer for Fortune, Life, and Newsweek. He photographed well-known celebrities, including Marlene Dietrich, John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Mickey Mantle, and Audrey Hepburn. Newman is often credited with being the photographer who articulated and who consistently employed the genre of environmental portraiture, in which the photographer uses a carefully framed and lit setting, and its contents, to symbolize the individual's life and work; a well-known example being his portrait of Igor Stravinsky in which the lid of his grand piano forms a gargantuan musical note representative of the melodic structure of the composer's work. Newman normally captured his subjects in their most familiar surroundings with representative visual elements showing their professions and personalities. A musician, for instance, might be photographed in their recording studio or on stage, a Senator or other politician in their office or a representative building. Using a large-format camera and tripod, he worked to record every detail of a scene. Environmental portraiture is a genre that Newman mastered, and his work can be seen in various museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art.

• His best-known images were in black and white, although he often photographed in color.
• His 1946 black and white portrait of Stravinsky seated at a grand piano became his signature image.
• He was one of the few photographers allowed to make a portrait of the famously camera-shy Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Newman's work can be found on Wikioo.org, where his photographs are showcased alongside other famous artists. For more information about Newman's life and work, visit his page on Wikipedia.

Death

Newman was recovering from a stroke at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City when he died on June 6, 2006. His legacy lives on through his photographs, which continue to inspire and influence photographers around the world. Visit Wikioo.org to see more of his work and learn about other famous artists.