This is a portrait of a young woman done by the photographer Gertrude Kasebier. The technique used here is pictorialism. The image has a sepia tone and the subject is sitting on a big chair, looking softly at the photographer, holding a little creamer.
I believe that the photographer used the pictorialism technique in this picture so that the image would resemble a painting and therefore, could be looked at more as a piece of art than as a picture alone. The beautiful softness of the image is also due to the technique used in the creation of the portrait. When I look at this image I can really embrace the beauty of the woman, the softness of the image also adds a lot to the feeling of the picture, of the emotion that comes from her eyes.
I am amazed at how sharp the woman appears. All the little details on her dress and hair, are just really beautiful. The way the photographer interacted with the subject probably had lots to do in the resulting image. If the photographer wanted to create a vision of happiness, calm and motherly love, then I can say that he was successful without any second thoughts.
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