ARNOLD NEWMAN Self Portrait, 1979 pioneer of the environmental portrait

Biography Arnold Newman was born March 3, 1918 in New York City. Raised and attended schools in Atlantic City, N.J. and Miami Beach, FL. He died in New York City on June 6, Began his career in photography in 1938 working at chain portrait studios in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and West Palm Beach, and immediately began working in abstract and documentary photography on his own. EDUCATION: Accepted a scholarship to study at the University of Mami at Coral Gables.

Childhood Arnold Newman was the second of three sons, Arnold was encouraged by his family. Growing up he had interest in the arts as a child. He ended up studying painting and drawing. “ The surroundings had to add to the composition and the understanding of the person. No matter who the subject was, it had to be an interesting photograph. Just to simply do a portrait of a famous person doesn’t mean a thing.”

Arthur Miller writer, playwright, New York, 1947

Philip Johnson architect, curator, near New Canaan, Connecticut, 1949

Claude E. Shannon engineer, computer pioneer, Massachusetts institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952

Robert J. Oppehneimer scientist, theoretical physicist, administrator, Berkeley, California, 1948

Igor Stravinsky composer, conductor, New York, 1946

Igor Stravinsky studying score, New York, 1955

Brooks Atkinson theater critic, journalist for The New York Times, Moresco Theater, New York, 1951

Robert Moses redesigner of New York roads, park, etc., Roosevelt Island, New York, 1959

Formerly condemned political prisoners, by British, in Gallows Room Likud soldiers prior to Israel’s establishment, Acre Prison, Israel, 1967

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