Andy+Warhol

__**Andy Warhol**__

Andy Warhol was one of the pioneers of the pop art movement in 1960'. He started appropriating photographic images from advertisments and photojournalism. His photos were soon of people from the rich and the famous, the New York disco scene and some of his world travels. When he died in 1987 he had 60,000 snapshots as well as many sketechbooks and diaries. Most of his photography work were very influenced by the pop world and advertisments and reportage about the media. These five photo represent Warhol's work because he was very influenced by the media and what is going on with pop culture at the time. So he photographed many celebrities and added the pop of color to make it one of a kind. The light is mainly coming from the side of the photograph to really outline the features.




 * Simplistic
 * Rule of thirds
 * Dramatic use of color
 * Plain Background.