This Portrait by the famous and acclaimed Arnold Newman is of composer Igor Stravinsky. The Brilliance of Arnold Newman was his sense of incorporation, attention and his uncanny compositions. This pictures stunning composition is unbelievable. This has always been one of my favourite photographs. Newman was one of the only environmental Portrait photographs to beautifully incorporate the subjects profession as part of the portrait. Here the piano dominates Stravinsky, and thus it becomes very clear when seeing this for the first time what the man's occupation must be. If you were to ask Stravinsky who he was he would probably answer "music." Newman began by studying drawing and painting, and became deeply influenced by modernism. You can see very clearly in this image the skill of modernist design. The attention to line and high contrast as well as geometric shapes within the frame. Newman's skill brought him to a level few photographers can reach, and his prolific career  makes him just as relevant today (if not more so) then when he began. A true genius.