Black Country Museum

Black Country Living Museum.

Here are a few photographs I took when I visited the Black Country Living Museum back in November 2013.

Hollywood Portatiture

Marlene Dietrich

 

                     

In each of these images Marlene Dietrich is holding a cigarette in her hand, this somehow gives her a dominant look, makes her look like she's in control, especially with the last three images where her hair is back off of her face. The photograph I am going to try and reconstruct is the very first one where she has got the cigarette in her mouth and she is winking at the camera. I like this images because she looks a little cheeky with the wink as well as being dominant. The shallow depth of field the photographer has captured shows her importance even more with the hard light on her right hand side.

Hollywood Portatiture

Audrey Hepburn

 

     

In these images Audrey Hepburn is looking directly into the camera apart from the very last one where she is looking slightly above the camera. The way she poses with the blank expression on her face & with the way the light captures her she looks very elegant and pure. With the last image the dark background against the light on her pale skin gives her a glamorous appearance. There is great contrast in these image as there is a range of whites to greys and blacks. My favourite pose out of thees is the one she is doing on the fourth image as she looks slightly seductive but at the time really sweet and innocent.