This document discusses black and white portrait photography by four photographers: Yousuf Karsh, David Bailey, Sebastião Salgado, and Elliott Erwit. For each photographer, it provides brief biographical information and analyzes 3 portrait photographs in terms of lighting, facial expressions, backgrounds, and emotions conveyed. The portraits showcase the photographers' talents in capturing subjects and using lighting and composition to tell stories without color.

1. Black & White
Portraiture
Adam Green

2. My Photographers
Yousuf Karsh
David Bailey
Sebastião Salgado
Elliott Erwit

3. #1 Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh’s work
includes portraits of
statesmen, artists,
musicians, authors,
scientists etc.
He has an extraordinary
portfolio of black and
white portrait
photographs.

4. Photograph #1
This is a photograph of
Jean Sibelius. The
subjects eyes are closed.
He has a concerned
facial expression, and the
fact that it is a dark scene
means that he could be in
deep thought, or be
anxious about something.
It was taken in 1949.

5. Photographer #2
This is Ernest
Hemingway. The
photograph was taken
in 1957. The lighting is
centered, making all of
the shadow
symmetrical and
consistent. He is not
looking into the
camera.

6. Photographer #3
This is another black
and white portrait
photograph. It was
taken in 1948. The
way that Einstein’s
hands are positioned
and the look in his
eyes represent he is
thinking.

7. #2 David Bailey
David Bailey is a
photographer from
Eastern London, and is a
famous portrait
photographer.
He has spent his career
focusing on fashion and
portrait photographs.

8. Photograph #1
In this photograph, the
model looks focused, and is
giving the audience an
angry stare.
The subject looks about 50
or 60 years old. He is
wearing dark clothes.

9. Photograph #2
This is a photograph of a
famous musician. He is
looking into the camera
with a straight face. Not
much emotion is
conveyed from his face.
His arms are crossed, so
despite the fact he has a
straight face, we can
establish he is trying to
portrait some serous
emotion.

10. Photograph #3
This photo is much different
to any of the other
photographs that I have
showcased of David
Bailey’s.
The contrast is quite high
and the brightness is quite
low so the levels of the
shadows are even more
visible. This adds to the
sense of mystery, as we are
not quite sure what emotion
he is trying to portray. We
can however see some fear
in his eyes.

11. #3 Sebastiào Salgado
Born in 1944, Sebastiao
Salgado is a famous
photographer.
He focuses on black
and white photography. I
will be looking at his
black and white portrait
photography.

12. Photograph #1
There are three
subjects in this photo,
each one is distanced
from one another. It
seems that they have
face paint and have
clothing around their
heads. The
background suggests
they are in an area of
poverty. The lighting
is all natural.

13. Photograph #2
This photograph was
taken with a brownish
tint which makes the
audience ask
questions about the
photograph. We see a
single child but we
cannot see much
background which
adds to the mystery.
The eyes are very
bright.

14. Photograph #3
This photograph is of
another child who has a
dirty face and messy hair.
The contrast of the photo
shows off quite dark
tones
The subject looks quite
murky, their face looks
quite dirty and due to the
lack of context, this
allows us to imagine why
the child is like this,
perhaps she is a child

15. #4 Elliott Erwit
Elliott Erwit is another
black and white
photographer, however I
am going to be looking
at Erwit’s black and
white photography
works
He has photographed a
range of famous people,
including Churchill.

16. Photograph #1
As you can see, the
subject in this
photograph has a
neutral expression, and
is looking directly into
the camera. He is
dressed smartly which
evidences he is of a
high level profession.
It is lit from one side,
leaving shadows on the
other side.

17. Photograph #2
This photo is particularly
controversial because of
the era it was taken in
(judging from