Sentences with phrase «pose against a background»

The so - called risk takers — the entrepreneurs, the wealthy middle - aged professionals who try to climb Mount Everest, the artists who pose against the background of transgression — are nothing more than gamblers looking for a big payoff.

The models are posing against the background of pink flowers, complementing the overall picture of charm, femininity, tenderness and romance of the flowering and inspirational spring season.

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On one desk was an unusual photograph of a woman and a baby, a posed black - and - white image with a startling play of silver light and shadow set against a background of trees and sky.

To achieve this, she places homemade floral crowns on shelter pit bulls and poses them against pastel backgrounds in hopes viewers see the breed's true beauty, not the negative stereotypes often associated with them.

Sherald's portrait of Michelle shows her posed against a light blue background, with her white dress flowing out around her.

But even before all that fame, this artist was famous in the contemporary arts circles for his bold, robust representation of the African - American culture, putting persons from hip hop culture in Renaissance poses against colorful, patterned backgrounds.

Many of Snow's models are presented against a stark unending black background which draws attention to every curve of the body, drawing pose and content to the forefront of each image.

Set against dark backgrounds and located somewhere not of this time, the strongly contoured bodies are depicted in awkward or sexual poses, distorted or kneeling but equally conveying a sense of vulnerability.

A similar cocktail of influences is present in Hendricks's 1976 painting Northern Lights, a study in three poses of a black, disco - inflected Bostonian man, depicted against a muted grey background.

His paintings feature contemporary men of color in Renaissance - era poses against elaborately patterned backgrounds.

In the painting, Obama appears posed against a cool blue background, wearing a flowing white dress designed by Michelle Smith's label, Milly.

The actresses pose against digitally manipulated backgrounds that are suggestive of the film sets and backdrops of yesteryear.

With her gigantic ruff collar posed against a fiery red abstract background, the Infanta escapes from reality into the realms of fairytale in this glamorous baroque exercise.

Over the last ten years, Mickalene Thomas has become known for large - scale paintings of American women provocatively posed against boldly patterned backgrounds adorned with rhinestones.

Pagliuso approaches her avian subjects in the same manner as her human sitters, posing them against minimal backgrounds and emphasizing each bird's unique plumage, stance and expression.