Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold
https://www.halcyongallery.com/artists/eve-arnold
Eve Arnold is best known for her photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Eve's relationship with Marilyn was a friendly one, I think that having a close friendship with Marilyn allowed her to create photos that were meaningful and resonant.
Eve's photographs went on show in the Halcyon Gallery in 1965. The collection called Marilyn, contains behind the scene photos of the actress when filming the 1961 film The Misfits. It shows Marilyn off-guard showing a side of her that the public at this time were not aware of.
Marilyn leaning her lines for The Misfits, 1960.
Eve uses black and white as well as colour photography. This photo shows just how good an actress Marilyn was, this picture is full of false emotion. Marilyn is going through her lines and must be reading an emotional part, she looks distressed but the men in the edge of the frame don't seem worried. The layout of the photo feels slightly off balance with the bulk of the photograph on the left side of the frame.
Close up studio shot, 1960.
The pictures I have used are from a book, so the quality of the images aren't that good.
My attention was caught by the depth of field in this photograph. With her head at the front of the picture in sharp focus, she is lying on the cushions that descend like stairs to her arm in soft focus. This studio portrait of a glamourous Marilyn is one that her public would be most familiar with.
Marilyn learning from Clark Gable that his wife is expecting a baby, 1960.
What I find interesting about photographs and photography is the message that each viewer gets from the picture. When I first viewed this picture, I saw it as a spontaneous happy scene that showed a joyful side of Marilyn. After researching further, into their history, my feelings for the picture have changed, knowing now that both of them longed to be parents and that Clark Gable died just before the birth of his baby and none of Marilyn's pregnancies went to full term, make it hard to look at it with the same outlook. That moment of joy captured in the photo seems so poignant now.
Filming on the set of Misfits, 1960.
This photo has a sad feel to it especially knowing how she died. The way she's looking away from the camera; how she's biting her little finger, as well as the redness of her eyes, all show great emotion. This is a struggling Marilyn. The colour of the pictures are all in the same colour palette, so there is nothing garish to take your eye away from her, like another person or a different colour like green. This photograph compared to the posed ones is drastically different. The posed pictures make you aware that this is a staged familiar image but the unposed ones are more personal, less like a photo, more like looking through a window. You feel as if you could reach out to her and help.
Shot on the set of The Misfits, 1960.
I picked this photograph to speak about because I'm drawn to the colours of the image. The collection itself isn't overly colourful and is mainly made up of black and white but the photos that are in colour are all to a colour scheme of pinks, blues and whites. I like how her lips stand out and how her eyes line up with the horizon and that the camera is focused on her and not on the background.
Eve Arnold's photographs challenge what you think you know about her subjects.
https://www.halcyongallery.com/artists/eve-arnold
Eve Arnold is best known for her photographs of Marilyn Monroe. Eve's relationship with Marilyn was a friendly one, I think that having a close friendship with Marilyn allowed her to create photos that were meaningful and resonant.
Eve's photographs went on show in the Halcyon Gallery in 1965. The collection called Marilyn, contains behind the scene photos of the actress when filming the 1961 film The Misfits. It shows Marilyn off-guard showing a side of her that the public at this time were not aware of.
Marilyn leaning her lines for The Misfits, 1960.
Eve uses black and white as well as colour photography. This photo shows just how good an actress Marilyn was, this picture is full of false emotion. Marilyn is going through her lines and must be reading an emotional part, she looks distressed but the men in the edge of the frame don't seem worried. The layout of the photo feels slightly off balance with the bulk of the photograph on the left side of the frame.
Close up studio shot, 1960.
The pictures I have used are from a book, so the quality of the images aren't that good.
My attention was caught by the depth of field in this photograph. With her head at the front of the picture in sharp focus, she is lying on the cushions that descend like stairs to her arm in soft focus. This studio portrait of a glamourous Marilyn is one that her public would be most familiar with.
Marilyn learning from Clark Gable that his wife is expecting a baby, 1960.
What I find interesting about photographs and photography is the message that each viewer gets from the picture. When I first viewed this picture, I saw it as a spontaneous happy scene that showed a joyful side of Marilyn. After researching further, into their history, my feelings for the picture have changed, knowing now that both of them longed to be parents and that Clark Gable died just before the birth of his baby and none of Marilyn's pregnancies went to full term, make it hard to look at it with the same outlook. That moment of joy captured in the photo seems so poignant now.
Filming on the set of Misfits, 1960.
This photo has a sad feel to it especially knowing how she died. The way she's looking away from the camera; how she's biting her little finger, as well as the redness of her eyes, all show great emotion. This is a struggling Marilyn. The colour of the pictures are all in the same colour palette, so there is nothing garish to take your eye away from her, like another person or a different colour like green. This photograph compared to the posed ones is drastically different. The posed pictures make you aware that this is a staged familiar image but the unposed ones are more personal, less like a photo, more like looking through a window. You feel as if you could reach out to her and help.
Shot on the set of The Misfits, 1960.
I picked this photograph to speak about because I'm drawn to the colours of the image. The collection itself isn't overly colourful and is mainly made up of black and white but the photos that are in colour are all to a colour scheme of pinks, blues and whites. I like how her lips stand out and how her eyes line up with the horizon and that the camera is focused on her and not on the background.
Eve Arnold's photographs challenge what you think you know about her subjects.
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