Iconic Imagery

I have begun researching some iconic imagery and art work, the ones i have chosen to publish on to the blog are the ones that i think i can get alot of inspiration from, the images also reflect the era and have alot of meaning behind them. I have chosen a selection of imagery we can choose a final one from, some are fashion photographs and some are iconic paintings. I think either choosing inspiration from a fashion image or painting could work, as if we use the paintings for inspiration, we can take our own spin on it and recreate it as a fashion photograph, where as if we use an original fashion image we can use elements of inspiration to create the final look.

This painting is by artist Eugene Delacroix, and is called Liberty leading the people, the painting signifies the July revolution in 1830. The woman stood on top of the bodies is personifying Liberty, and holding the coloured flag of the French revolution.

This fashion image for Yves Saint Laurent is by photographer Helmut Newton. In a documentary british photographer Paul Rankin recreated 7 images that changed fashion and this was one of them. The image above is the original by Newton, in this photgraph he grasps the sense of fashion and location and makes it work for what was around in this era. The image was taken in 1975 with Yves Saint Laurents Le Smoking Tuxedo for women used on the model, this was the first time this was noticed in fashion as the garments are so minimalstic.

This image is by Andy Warhol in 1963, and is called Eight Elvises the image is so iconic because Elvis was a legend and the way this image portrays Elvis works really well, with them being close together on the right side. I really like how its the same image and not different ones aswell.

This painting is by Gustav Klimt in 1907, this is one of Klimts most iconic paintings and i really like how abstract and calm the colours are. The painting is made up of five canvases which i thinks a really nice idea as you could move them around to create another image.

This painting is by Pablo Picasso, in 1932. This image was called the lost picasso as it was never shown to the public for 60years and now its one of his most famous.

This image is my favourite by Richard Avedon and is called Dovima and the Elephants. I love the positions of the Elephants and how elegant and poised the model looks the white sash brings out her pose. This image works so well in black and white, and the pose of the model and the elephants combined bring the photgraph together and compliment this.

Amanda