Re-creating Film Stills

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This photo is taken by Claudette Barius. Barius is a still photographer. She enjoys filmography and has taken photos for several movies. This is a picture from The Italian Job. Even though there are two subjects I find the picture to be similar to the picture of the individual from Simone. Here in Venice ther two men are gathered prior to the mission. The lighting is very natural as it is taken outdoors when there isn't such a strong sunlight focussed on one area.



Mark Seliger is an editorial photographer. He is from Amarillo, Texas but is currently in New York working for Conde Nast Publications. Here he has taken many cover shots for Vanity Fair and GQ. Before this, he was te Chief Photographer for the Rolling Stones Magazine, where he took over a hundred cover shots. This was over a period of ten years from 1992. Seliger's art pieces have been displayed in exhibitions and mueseums world-wide. Mark Seliger's photos have recieved many awards, for instance he has recieved The Alfred Elsenstaedt Award. He has taken shots from Lifeboat including this one. The two photos (with a group of people) both include a fairly large group. The boat takes place outside, so therefore both have similar lighting. These also have similar lighting to the image in which I was given. Also all three have a group of people in work apparel. The main difference is in these two they are in a boat and in the one from Sim 1 the people are all standing. The first image (above) is from the actual movie made in 1944.

Here is a picture I chose from The Great Escape. The picture below was taken in 1963 and the photographer is unknown. The picture however is simliar to the image with two subjects in it, which I recieved. The picture reminds me of the scene. I like how the main focus is on the characters even though the backdrop is in perfect view.


Here is another photo for the two subjected photo.

This photo is from the movie Bride Wars. This photo from the film was taken in 2008. There were photos from the movie taken from Kevin Mazur. Kevin Mazur is a world-class photographer. He loves rock and roll music and is from New York. After graduating highschool Mazur recieved a camera. He started to take photos at concerts, combinging both things in which he loves. He became a staff photographer for the Rolling Stones Magazine, which allowed him to take several photos of various stars including Bob Dylan, The Roling Stones, and Ozzy Osbourne. Later in the 1990's Mazur became the preferred concert photographer fro rock and roll. Currently, in 2001 Mazur co-founded WireImage which is a leading agency for digital photographs specifically of the media.
I chose this picture because the positioning was similar to the two-personed photo. Also the expression on the lwomans face on the left is practically identical. Also this time there are two woman instead of men. The lighting is similar though, as it is consistant.



Mirjana Vrbaski
Mirjana Vrbaski was born in Canada where she grew up along with Serbia. She currently lives in holland and attends the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited in exhibitions in both groups and solo. One of her group exhibitions included The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK. This is where she recieved the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. A solo exhibition includes The Royal Theater, The Hague. In addition to the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, Mirjana has received the Shortlist, Best Four Entries. Mirjana as a child always found interest in simplistic things; she didn't like brand names or items that stuck out greatly. Her interest continued later in her life as well. When she starte to take photos she would go to abandoned apartments and take photos of dust and cockroaches. Her photos can't look modern or from any certain time period either. This way it causes people to really think about the peron. In other words, the attention is directly drawn upon the face. She even claims that she uses simple colors for the backdrop and makes sure that everything is equal. For instance the image below (left), the girl has no expression, her hair is parted down the middle, and her shoulders are about equal. As the hair is pulled back, the emphasis of the face continues to lack any additional attention that is unwanted. It additionally takes Mirjana awhile to find the right face, the model, and how the lighting should be situated.

For more information go to: http://mirjanavrbaski.com/
More resources:
http://www.kevinmazurphotography.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901476/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/
http://www.markseliger.com/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317740/
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809116136
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/