Description:
portrait of white man with mask
Label Text:
Paul Cordes used dramatic lighting and sharp focus to highlight his subjects. This is a portrait of the dancer Eugene Loring as the title character from his first choreographed ballet, Harlequin for President.
Many early twentieth-century portrait photographers were as concerned with the visual properties of their images as they were with presenting a likeness of the sitter. The light from the left highlights Loring’s face and hands, while his body is enveloped in darkness. His sidelong gaze, accentuated by the black grease paint covering his face, adds to the brooding and melancholy feeling of the image.
Subjects:
Paperboard; Photographic gelatin Link to share this object record:
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