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I chose this picture because I love the intensity in my partners eyes while he looked into the camera. Along with how the light fell on him, the window light has this soft quality that drapes against the subject and their are a variety of shadows cast by his own body against himself. His body position is pleasant as well it does not read as a cliche portrait. He really got into it.
I chose the photographer Yvonne Zemke to write about, she is a wedding portrait photographer from Germany. I love how she captures intimate moments between the couples. A majority of her photos are in black and white, and I love how she frames her subjects. The picture attached has one of the best figures interactions. The two figures are the main focus and they are not looking at the camera rather at each other, it helps create an almost spontaneity. This is a moment of love between these two and it seems very precious. Also the background has a lot of organic imagery, the trees the leaves, but they do not over power the couple.
I chose the photo JFK Assassination Frame 313, because when I initially saw it I was confused what it was a picture of and why a picture this blurry would be included in a list of the 100 most influential photos. Then before even reading the title of the image I looked closer and saw this picture was depicting the exact moment a bullet shot through John F. Kennedy’s head. This was actually an image on a frame of film taken by, Abraham Zapruder. I definitely see the significance of this image since JFK was the president of the United States and it was a public event meant to be a nice greet and see the president. Something that makes this image more morbid is that just above the president’s head exploding is what looks like a child looking at this happen. I think the motion and blur in this image does not actually take away from of this image it kind of adds to this suddenness. The moment you see what this image you cannot unsee it.
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