Angus McBean - Photography

Angus McBean was born in 1904 and died in 1990. He began his career in theateras a mask maker and scenery designer before turning towards theater photography.
Angus is famous for his theatrical and inventive photography in the 30's and 40's. He opened his own studio on 1935, and his work was later published in magazines. The Surrealist Exhibition in 1936 was an influence for his work.
He photographed The Beatles for their first album in 1960.
He was a Welsh photographer, set designer and cult figure associated with surrealism.

The first thing i notice about this picture is the woman's face, she isn't looking at the camera at all, she is facing towards the smoke with her head at about the same angle as the cigarette holder thing. 

I like that the picture is black and white because i feel if there was colour it would be too much.

The photograph of The Beatles is interesting because he took it while looking up at them rather than in front of them, this method usually makes the subject matter look bigger as you're looking up at it.

Here the center image is pictured between the dancing ballerina's legs, but as you look again it looks like the woman on the chair is maybe her dancing instructor watching her dance. I found this image interesting because of how it is positioned, it again is black and white but the lighting is very interesting because it mostly follows the dancers legs and mostly spot lights on the woman on the chair.