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As a kid Mike Rosenthal started out in the fine arts. His mother was a ceramist and he followed in the footsteps of the many artists in his family. He started out by making furniture, paintings and home movies. which later led him to focus on cinematography. For three years he worked with the Academy Award Winning cinematographer on Titanic before realizing that he was more interesting in still photography.
Mike Rosenthal is mostly known for his fashion, celebrity, cityscape, landscape and commercial photography as well as his numerous guest appearances as photographer for America's Next Top Model. It is said that Mike Rosenthal is one of those rare photographers who can tell an entire story with his photographs. He focuses alot on movement and the attitude of both the subject and its surroundings.
Most of his commercial and model shoots use a lot of props but never take away from the main focus or subject of the photo. They don't over power the shot. He uses natural and artificial lighting depending on the location of the shot and it's always used to his advantage. He creates dynamic images that are full of movement no matter what the subject.
Because I'm most familiar with them, his images from America's Next Top Model are my favorites. With the help of make-up and wardrobe he turns he gives these girls images that they can uses for portfolios for years to come. If there were to just walk off the street for a go-see without some of these photographs, an agency probably wouldn't even look twice at them.
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