Martin Schoeller/Portrait Inspiration

 

    

    I chose Martin Schoeller as my inspiration for this project and specifically this image of Sylvester Stallone. After going through Martin Schoeller pictures, I ended up looking at this one and very much enjoying it and knowing that I would use this image for inspiration. I love the black and white look and think it matches this actor perfect, especially if you know his movies like the Rambo's or Rocky's. The very serious tone of the image with extreme detail and realism. I also love the little details in the face and pose or angle the image is captured in. It really gives off this serious tone which is what I tried to capture in my images with realism in different stereotypes or characters like Stallone here who is well known for being a general badass in action movies. I chose this image at first because Sylvester Stallone is one of my favorite actors in action movies as a kid and also, I really loved the angle of the picture. I also chose to adapt the black and white filter like this image because I really think it adds to the image in its seriousness as well as the realism. Now I did my images a little more like characters in a way. For example, I did like hardworking mechanic and a very tired mom. Things like that I feel people can relate to as they might have people like this in their life. I did have my actors exaggerate a little bit in their pose or how they looked in general to really get the idea across. Overall, I think this is an amazing image and really inspired my own portraits to become what they are.