Lord snowdon
Lord snowdon was born in 1930 son of a barrister ronald armstrong jones , his mother was Anne messel
hes parents separated when he a young boy as a school boy he contracted polio he was in Liverpool royal Infirmary recuperating for six months the only person who visited him was hes sister Susan
Snowman was educated at Eton and Cambridge where he studied Architecture while he was a Cambridge he coxed for the winning Cambridge side in 1950
he first got into photography at Eton where he revived the photographic society ,at Cambridge he was a regular contributor to the varsity magazine , he moved to London and opened hes own studio in 1952
he then became popular with hes shots being published in taltler and he got a spread in picture post
flamenco dancers at an oliver messel party , He also began to photography the theatre starting with the 1954 production of terrence rattigans separate tables .
He camera of choice was a miniature camera so he could get amongst the actors backstage and during rehearsals , his shots where often badly lit grainy , blurred and unusually composed .
The shot that got the attention of theatre land was hes photo of alex guinness taken during a rehearsal of hotal paradiso
After this he became the photographer of choice for actors , directors and producers
in 1956 he work on many fashion shoots taltler , vogue , and the daily express .
He married princess margaret in 1960 and after there son was born Armstrong jones became earl of snowdon and spent most of hes time performing royal duties
In 1970 he was back working for vogue hes output in the 70s was major he made six television documentaries , published 7 books of hes work and held exhibitions in cologne , London and the far east and Australia
Lord and Lady Snowdon separated in 2000
A amazing hair
I like hows hes lit the detail in the hair
but kept the edges of the hair dark
I love the compostion of this shot
I like hows he uses the mirror
to get 3 views of helen mirron
I like the compostion
I like how he has used a red background
to set of her dress nad lips
A beautiful cover shot
Another shot using a mirror hes wife in the bath
A simple shot maybe only using ambient light
I lke hows he captured he smoke
with her portrait photo
A looking up shot of diana
This high key shot is lit well
I like the tones of light hes captured with this lit shot
useing some of the natural light from the window
I like the way hes capture a relaxed expression
I like how hes captured a off guard moment
somtimes the mometns you least expect make the best photos
Books
Lord snowdon has had 22 books published
I have one of hes books
Assignments
It has many portrait photos in it
I like how hes framed her face with the hair shooting a close up
Exhibitions
I like how he said he keeps it simple and how he rehearses shots so he can do a faster shoot on the day
and that a smile is a fake expression that he dosent like to shoot
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ReplyDeleteAgain good depth of research, but you need to add a little more about critical vocabulary and what type applies to which images, etc, scale, colour, perspective, thirds, cropping, etc...
Steve