Assignment R02: Recreation

 

Biography: David Douglas Duncan was born on January 23rd 1916 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was an American photojournalist was a very influential photographers of the 20th century being best known for his dramatic combat photographs. Duncan is also known for Pablo Picasso. Duncan was always interested in the outdoors and helped him achieved his rank of an Eale Scout in Boy Scouts. He studied archaeology at the University of Arizona briefly. Later he would continue his education at the University of Miami graduating in 1938 while studying zoology and Spanish. His interest in photojournalism began here in Miami and he worked as the picture editor and photographer of the university paper.

Significance: This work is well known because of the subject matter. Pablo Picasso was a well known figure who is known for co-founding the Cubist movement. Duncan was introduced to Picasso through a fellow photographer, Robert Capa. Duncan would produce seven books of photographs of just Picasso.

Composition: The perspective and framing of this piece gives the sense of someone directly infront of you starring into your eyes.

Concept: Duncan became extremely interested in Picasso's himself and his artwork. His concept and goal were very much in the same. He was trying to portray the private life of Pablo Picasso.

Method: There were no special techniques used his this photograph.

Goal: This was a part of his photographic essays: The Private World of Pablo Picasso. To show the private life of Pablo Picasso.

Opinion: I really enjoyed this work because of the intensity that it creates through a simple gesture Picasso is making. Simply starring at the viewer. 

My recreation I wanted to create the opposite of a older male figure, and went for a more youthful approach.

I tried to bring out the white of the eyes of the figure in this image to match the ones of Pablo Picasso. Also I attempted to keep the reflections of light in the eyes to have comparable aspects. The dark features in the original are seen as the wrinkles which resemble the age of Picasso. In the my recreation I wanted the dark features to represent what resembles the youth of people, which I chose as the figures hair in the image. Also the smoothness of the figures face adds to the youthfulness of this image.