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To: Done, gone. who wrote (87)	7/19/2002 6:55:05 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4530

Glad that you cleared up that mystery. I have to admit that I became intrigued and spent a little of last night poking around online trying to see if the photo might have been of Glenn Gould as that seemed very likely. Oddly enough, of all of the familiar photos of Gould, none of them were by Karsh. Seems strange when you consider that they were living and working in the same general area over the same decades. However, most of the Gould photos that I found seemed to have been taken during performances or rehearsals and I don't think that would have suited Karsh's usual m.o.

To: Done, gone. who wrote (87)	7/19/2002 10:43:34 AM
From: Done, gone.	Respond to of 4530

More on Arnold Newman "Arnold Newman (1918 - ) In a career spanning almost 58 years, Arnold Newman has been, and continues to be, a significant contributor to the history of photography. His photographs are part of permanent collections at the most respected museums and galleries in the world. Often referred to as the "Father of the Environmental Portrait," he has succeeded in photographing many of the major icons of the twentieth century. His work is distinguished by a careful use of background that succeeds, as much as possible, in helping to create an entire narrative within a single still frame. A list of just a few of his portraits includes Igor Stravinsky, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, and German industrialist Alfred Krupp. In addition to contributing to such publications as LIFE, Look, Holiday, and Harper's Bazaar (to name only a few), Newman has authored numerous well respected books including Bravo Stravinsky, One Mind's Eye, Arnold Newman: Five Decades, and most recently, Arnold Newman's Americans. Born in New York City in 1918, Mr. Newman's first love was painting. He studied formally at the University of Miami from 1936-38 but because of the Depression era, he was forced to abandon his classes to find work. In 1938 he began his career as a portraitist by starting as an apprentice in the portrait studio of a friend of the Newman family. Newman's love of the arts never escaped him. His sense of design and composition have been instrumental in his success. He feels that a sense of history is critical to the success of an artist in any medium. He often refers to the effect that great artists have had on his own work. Newman reiterated this in a 1996 interview in which he stated that he was particularly influenced by Flemish painters. He also mentioned that the work of the Cubists (including Picasso) influenced the way he "structures" a photograph. Additionally, Newman had the opportunity of watching Mondrian work, and he particularly admired Mondrian's "exactness, and his tremendous attention to balance" (PhotoOp, Feb.'96). Arnold Newman's life's work has not only had a tremendous influence on the career of Donna Granata as a photographer, but has also helped to shape the goals of the "Focus on the Masters" project." focusonthemasters.com "In his 80 plus years, Arnold Newman has made opportunities for himself, with his camera, creating important images of the Twentieth Century. He photographed international leaders, including Emperor Haile Selassie (Jah Ras Tafari), Shimone Peres and Yassar Arafat. But, he didn't just make the photographs. He asked Harry Truman why he dropped the Atomic Bomb; He wept with Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, in Auschwitz; He portrayed Alfried Krupp in truly sinister light; He gained an all-access invitation to the Kennedy family; He witnessed the demise of Marilyn Monroe. Arnold Newman made the family album, as he calls it, of great artists, like Gordon Parks, Georgia O'Keefe, Igor Stavinsky, I.M. Pei, Pablo Picasso and Man Ray, to mention just a few. Newman documented great thinkers and commentators, Langston Hughes, Elie Wiesel, Edward R. Murrow, Isaac Asimov, and many more." houstonculture.org Besides the portrait of Stravinsky, the one of industrialist Alfreid Krupp (whom Newman despised because of forced labor camps that enriched Krupp during WWII) is right up there with the best character studies I've seen. The lighting makes Kupp look like the Devil. Here is an extensive archive of Newman's portraits, Krupp's among them: liaisonphoto.com First time I saw the Krupp portrait, it was published in b&w. I still like it better that way, but I'm not about to tell Arnold to throw away the color version. (g)