Andres Serrano

Andres Serrano

Andres is a New York based photographer who was born there in the 1950's/
His portrait work doesn't tend to have a similar pattern when it comes to the models in which he photographs. They can be old, young, middle aged, black, mixed raced or white. There is only one thing that is similar throughout all of his photos and this is the background, 
Although the background of the portraits are not always the same color the pattern the colors are in, in the background is almost always the same. 
The pattern the light is in, is  lighter shade of the color will me in the middle and this lighter color will be all around the persons head and upper torso in a circular shape and then the darker shade will be right around the outside also in a circular shape.

I have chosen three example of Andres Serrano's work to accompany this piece of text. 

As you can see i have chosen to use a example of an older person, young person and a middle aged person. I really liked the portrait of the old man. I love the fact he has used a war vet and put him in uniform, the background also fits with the war theme as it looks as though there is something exploding behind him because of the color of it (orange and yellow).

I think the picture of the little girl looks really cute. Mainly because the girl herself is really cute but also because of the pink background i think ever detail of the image i.e. the background, the girls hair, her posture and facial expression, have been really thought out to create a really beautiful image. 

I chose the final image because i thought it was an all around good image. I think its quite quirky because most portraits have the models showing little or no facial expression but this image shows a lot of facial expression. I also thought that the angle in which the photo was taken was quite unusual for a portrait because you can clearly tell Andres is lower than the model looking up at her, usually portraits are taken at around about the same level as the model.