This photograph, taken by Steven Shore, is a really interesting one. In a sense, the photograph shows someone in the foreground who is impatient or otherwise upset at the photographer. There is a reason for this. At the time, International Velvet was dating Andy Warhol. So was Steven Shore. This resentment is captured perfectly in this photograph.
Shore also plays on light and dark in a number of his photographs. The top-left half of the picture is significantly lighter than the bottom-left half. In a lot of pictures, light is used to represent good and dark to represent bad, but Shore thought the opposite of how he represented these people.
This particular photograph is a silver print, much like we use in class.
"International Velvet with Andy Warhol 1965-67." Stephen Shore. Accessed from Pinterest.
