Arnold Newman

Born in New York, the portrait photographer Arnold Newman captured some of the most prominent cultural personalities of the twentieth century. Pioneering the style of environmental portraiture, Newman photographed his subjects in settings that reflected their character and evoked their particular talents. Newman began his career as an assistant in a photography studio; he opened his own studio in New York in 1946, initially concentrating on portraits of artists before focusing his lens on a more diverse array of famous individuals. During his extensive career, Newman worked for American magazines, including Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Time, and Newsweek. His subjects included artists Pablo Picasso and Georgia O’Keeffe, actors Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, and politicians John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton.