ERIC KIM

Why Photographers Should Study Painting

Classic compositions reverberate throughout time:

Side profile portraits

Renaissance themes

Avedon and Renaissance:

Pieta

The Pieta (Mary and dying Jesus) and W. Eugene Smith:

Arabesque

The classic arabesque (curve) composition and HENRI CARTIER BRESSON:

HCB:

  • IRELAND. Munster. County Tipperary. Thurles. 1952. Horse race.
  • USA. New York City. 1947.
  • MEXICO. 1934.
  • SPAIN. 1933.
  • ITALY. Venice. 1952.
  • Naples.
  • FRANCE. 1938.
  • USA. Louisiana. Jennings. 1960. Jeff Davis Parish Fair.
  • FRANCE. Rhône-Alpes. Isère. Grenoble. 1969. Musée des Beaux-Arts (Museum of Fine Arts).
  • Naples.
  • GB. England. Berkshire. Eton. 1962. Eton College.
  • FRANCE. Paris. The Elysee Palace. 21 May 1981. François MITTERRAND installed as president, gives a reception.
  • YUGOSLAVIA. Kosovo. Pec. 1965. Market.
  • SPAIN. Aragon. Arteca. 1953.
  • FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. 1954. Spanish painter, Pablo PICASSO.
  • USA. US sculptor, Naum GABO. 1968.

Center eye composition

Simple and effective technique for portraits:

A technique we can apply in our photography, with centering one eye in composition for photography / Sharbat Gula, Afghan Girl, at Nasir Bagh Refugee Camp near Peshwar, Pakistan. © Steve McCurry
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    Raphael

Study Renaissance painting portraits:

Some of my photos:

  • NYC, 2016. I darkened (burned) the left of the frame, to add more attention to her face.
    NYC, 2016. I darkened (burned) the left of the frame, to add more attention to her face.
  • To make better street portraits, center one eye in the center. NYC, 2015 Braids.
    To make better street portraits, center one eye in the center. NYC, 2015 Braids.
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