1. Arnold Abner Newman was an American photographer, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians.
11 Facts About Arnold Newman
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Arnold Newman was known for his carefully composed abstract still life images.
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Arnold Newman grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and later moved to Miami Beach, Florida.
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Arnold Newman's parents owned hotels in both Atlantic City and Miami Beach, and would spend winters in Florida and summers in New Jersey.
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Arnold Newman attended Atlantic City High School and graduated from Miami Beach Senior High School.
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In 1942, Arnold Newman returned to Florida to manage a portrait studio in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Arnold 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.
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Arnold Newman normally captured his subjects in their most familiar surroundings with representative visual elements showing their professions and personalities.
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Arnold Newman was one of the few photographers allowed to make a portrait of the famously camera-shy Henri Cartier-Bresson.
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Arnold Newman admits his personal feelings influenced his portrayal of Krupp.
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On December 19,2005, Arnold Newman made his last formal portrait of director James Burrows at the NBC studio on the Saturday Night Live stage.