We visited The National Portrait Gallery in London to take a look around their photography exhibition. We were asked to pick out three images that were the most interesting, represented something and stood out the most to us.
Here are the images that I liked the best:
The Obamas by Gillian Laub, December 2014
“This portrait of was an unpublished pose from a commissioned sitting for People magazine at the Marine Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington DC”
Many things speak out to me when looking at the picture of President Barack Obama and The First Lady Michelle Obama. One of many things is how strong and dependent they look by the way that they are standing there. Their heads are held high as if everyone and everything else is beneath them. The power they have upon everyone else is vigorous. However, The way Michelle Obama has her arm around Barack Obama shows how much love and support she has for him vice versa. The black background makes the couple stand out the most and makes you automatically drawn to them.
Five Girls by David Stewart, 2014
“His photograph Five Girls 2014 is of his daughter and her friends, and mirrors a photograph he took of them seven years ago when they were about to start their GCSEs.”
This photo was one of the first that stood out to me, the variation of colour due to clothes, hair, skin colour and objects surrounding the girls makes it interesting to look at.
Tom By Sophie Harris-Taylor, 2015
“Sophie Harris-Taylor’s glacial portrait of a male dancer from the Rambert Ballet School is a quiet masterpiece.”
The main thing that stands out the most to me in the photo is the boy’s facial features. They’re darker than anything else in this pictures as everything else is pale such as his skin colour, background and clothing. The picture is from a project called first position, my take from this project is that the boy’s first position” is when they first start a dance, I can tell it may be a dance judging from his clothing.
Rachel Jacob 