I was really stuck and hated this image I made for The Witch of Blackbird Pond cover before I went away to France. I'm happy I stopped working on the concept because I would've never foreseen the fact that I would go away and come back inspired by the photographs of Erwin Blumenfeld and Man Ray.
Erwin Blumenfeld
He became one of the most renowned fashion photographers in the 1940's + 50's from working for Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Most of his commercial work was in color but I'm really captivated by his personal black + white work he created in the 1930's in Paris.
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Man Ray
Man Ray was an American artist who mainly lived and worked in the Montparnasse section of Paris in the 1920's. He was a precursor and influence to Dada and Surrealism which according to my art language, were art movements about anti art (no, I'm NOT going to have people sit and pose, I'm gonna do it MY way), dreams, and other weird stuff which laid the foundation for what is now abstract art. I would love if the first image below was the cover for The Witch of Blackbird Pond but that's cheating...and copyright infringement. But how awesome would that be?
These images are mysterious, focused, emotional, and perfect..
