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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Mark Nadler on December 21, 2022, 04:42:31 pm

Title: Image of Frida Kahlo
Post by: Mark Nadler on December 21, 2022, 04:42:31 pm

I came across this image by the photographer Nickolas Muray.  I fell in love with it and wanted to share it all of you.  The photograph's title is "Frida Kahlo in Red 'Rebozo,'" 1939.

mark 

Title: Re: Image of Frida Kahlo
Post by: MattBurt on December 30, 2022, 03:37:03 pm

Thanks, I love it! So rich. Any info on what gear and film was used?
I got my wife Frida's newly published diary for her recent birthday.

Edit: looks like Kodachrome or Carbro process.
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-intimate-iconic-photos-nickolas-muray-frida-kahlo

Title: Re: Image of Frida Kahlo
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 31, 2022, 10:35:16 am

That's a fine portrait of her.

Title: Re: Image of Frida Kahlo
Post by: francois on December 31, 2022, 11:40:56 am

Very nice portrait indeed… We just have an exhibition this winter here called Viva Frida (https://vivafridakahlo.ch/en/)!

Title: Re: Image of Frida Kahlo
Post by: Mark Nadler on January 07, 2023, 06:21:54 pm

Thanks all for your comments.  The art museum (I think it was called an art gallery) that showed this image (Auckland, NZ) did not provide any technical information.  It struck me that this photographer must be well versed in how the great portrait painters approach their subject.

Mark