Yes, they are twins. Can you tell the difference? This portrait set is a little unusual as a quite definite background is included. The dark line of the flower bed crosses both heads in the background taking us to both boys compositionally. It’s a good example of the use of two dimensional qualities of a three dimensional scene. This, of course, is two dimensional, a flat canvas on which a three dimensional illusion will be created. The composition has been arranged in such a way as to to take the strongest compositional line in the three dimensional scene and apply it cleverly to the two dimensional canvas. A lot of thought like this goes into the creation of a portrait. Viewers think of how ‘lovely’ the little boys look, artists and designers see how cleverly they have been placed and depicted. Something you should keep in mind when taking a photograph.
Pastel. Photo credit: Joy MacFadyen.
Explore the exhibition
- Phil Bergerson, Independence, Missouri, 1997
- Phil Bergerson, Martinsville, Indiana, 2006
- Phil Bergerson, Springfield, Missouri, 1998
- Phil Bergerson, New York, New York, July 2001
- Phil Bergerson, Springfield, Missouri, 1998
- Phil Bergerson, Pueblo, Colorado, 1999
- Phil Bergerson, New York, New York, 2001
- Phil Bergerson, New York, New York, March 2002
- Phil Bergerson, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2005
- Phil Bergerson, Temple, Texas, 1998
- Phil Bergerson, Winona, Mississippi, 1998
- Phil Bergerson, Washington, DC, 1997
- Phil Bergerson, Fort Worth, Texas, 2006
- Phil Bergerson, Riviera, Texas, 2006
- Phil Bergerson, Biloxi, Mississippi, 2006