Shadi Ghadirian

                                   Shadi Ghadirian
      

       

Ghadirian is best known her series of portraits called Like Every Day made between 2000 and 2001, in which she used tablecloths and strips of material draped over women, placing a household object: an iron, a grater, a broom- where the face should be, which raised issues about domestic drudgery and the cruel anonymity of many Iranian women. Some were mildly amusing, parodying universal stereotypes of females, from the shrewish mother in law to the doormat wife, using the utensils to represent well known characteristics.

Personally, i think that Shadi and her work are an inspiration to Iranian women as she states herself "being a women in Iran is hard". Her photographs cant for example, show a woman's hair, let alone physical contact with any man. Hotels don't give rooms to single women on work trips, and she does not drive alone. But Ghadirian still finds a balance that enables her to express herself while respecting the society in which she lives.

Aperture

                                                               Aperture

The aperture affects not only the amount of time required to take a photo, but also the depth of field within it. With a wide aperture (so a low number, like f/1.8) gives a shallow depth of field - sometimes less than a millimeter with a macro lens. Because a lot of light is reaching the sensor (be it film or digital), this allows for fast shutter speeds. With a narrow aperture (so a high number like f/22), the depth of field is much greater, which is useful for things like landscape photography - it will limit the amount of light reaching your sensor, so you will get slower shutter speeds, which makes a tripod handy.

Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman (1918-2006) 

Career information

Arnold Newman was an American photographer, noted for his environmental portraits of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. Arnold Newman found his vision in the empathy he felt for artists and their work. Although he photographed many personalities, Marlene Dietrich, John F Kennedy, Harry S Truman, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Mickey Mantle, and Audrey Hepburn he maintained that even if the subject is not known, or is already forgotten, the photograph itself must still excite and interest the viewer.

                                

Newman places the subject in a carefully controlled setting to capture the essence of an individual’s life and work. He normally captured his subjects in their most familiar surroundings with representative visual elements showing their professions and personalities. The composition of this image is showing Kennedy near enough centre of the photograph in front of the white house. The line of contrast is in the middle of his face and the rest of the image is shown to have a natural lighting.