Murphy looks like he’s looking to God to get out of this mess before the determined looking Yerkes does something wicked to his desired captive. In the artistic tableau style of Mizer’s early photos, no doubt inspired by the tableau style of silent film epics. -Rj
The lighting and the stances — see the crisis-crossing shadows at their feet — seem to belong to that era. It’s always interesting to consider both the casual poses and the stylized ones of another era — would we take this picture today? I wonder.
Murphy looks like he’s looking to God to get out of this mess before the determined looking Yerkes does something wicked to his desired captive. In the artistic tableau style of Mizer’s early photos, no doubt inspired by the tableau style of silent film epics. -Rj
ReplyDeleteThe lighting and the stances — see the crisis-crossing shadows at their feet — seem to belong to that era. It’s always interesting to consider both the casual poses and the stylized ones of another era — would we take this picture today? I wonder.
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