Amanda Schaeffer

 Hiroshi Sugimoto By: Amanda Schaeffer          Hiroshi Sugimoto has a good amount of still life photographs but he also has some portraits. When I went to look for his work, I didn't really see any faces but instead objects he was capturing. I saw incredible photos of buildings, wildlife, and some images I can't even explain what I was looking at. Sugimoto's photography seems elegant and raw with the lighting he uses and what he captures in his images. I picked the above photograph of Dianne, Princess of Wales, since it's a beautiful portrait of her. I believe the lighting that was used for this piece was a soft box. For me, I see lots of details, with the top that she is wearing, to her hair and facial features. Sugimoto captures Dianne being very modest and proper with her outfit that she is wearing and also the pose that she is doing. By using the soft box, you can tell that she is receiving soft lighting and not really any harsh shadows. The soft box r...