allisphoto1andstuff:

This photograph is a self-portrait of Diane Arbus, and it was taken in 1945.  Though this photograph doesn’t exactly fit in with my final, I still wanted to blog it because of the expression on Arbus’s face and also the lighting.  The expression that Arbus has on her face kind of matches some of the expressions in my final, which I think is pretty cool.  Also, I really enjoy the lighting of this photograph because the way that half of Arbus’s face is lit up and the other half is darker.  Another thing that I like about this photograph is that it is large format, which is something that I really would like to get into.