Recreate Assignment One

I chose Handstands by Heinrich Zille in 1900. He was born Jan. 10 1858 in Germany he is a German illustrator and photographer. His work is known for its funny drawings mostly of stereotypes. He was first to portray the social environment in Berlin tenement barracks which were rooms filled with people in poverty in Grunderzeit industrial metropolis. He said he work is not talent but hard work.

In Handstands the image isn't centered  the action is more to the upper part of the photo and the contrast between the black of the figures and the white of the hill and sky give the photo the feel of a drawing at first glance. I believe Zille was going for a normal fun time for young men at the time and giving it a looming feel riding on the edge of danger. Zille uses many dark colors there really isn't any white in the pic it's more of a light gray than white putting and emphise on the boys. I like Handstand by how it doesn't look like a photo at first but a drawing on how the foreground looks like a pencil did it.

With my recreation I wanted to do a sort of "what happens next"  deal with the boys all doing handstand but have the boy that's sitting think "Ha" and pushing everyone over cuz in Zille the boy who is sitting looks as if he couldn't do a handstand. I wanted the colors to be close in contrast with the boys being dark and the back being bright. I think it turned out alright of a first time I need to work on lighting which looks to be my problem.