Legendary photographer Arnold Newman died on June 6, 2006, at age 88 in New York City of an apparent heart attack.Legendary photographer Arnold Newman Arnold Abner Newman (3 March 1918, New York, NY —6 June, 2006, New York, NY) was an American photographer of a jewish decent, noted for his "environmental portraits" of artists and politicians. He was also known for his carefully composed abstract still life images. died on June 6, 2006, at age 88 in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. of an apparentheart attack. Considered the father of environmental portraiture portraiture, the art of representing the physical or psychological likeness of a real or imaginary individual. The principal portrait media are painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography. From earliest times the portrait has been considered a means to immortality. , he photographed hundreds of world figures in politics, business, and the arts, including, most famously, Igor Stravinsky Noun 1. Igor Stravinsky - composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, Stravinsky . Over his sixty-five-year career, Newman worked for many of the major magazines including Fortune, Holiday, LIFE, Look, and the New Yorker. His work has been the subject of several books and numerous exhibitions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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