ROCKFORD If you haven’t seen the series “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix, then I am a photographic genius and portrait photographers like Annie Leibovitz and Platon are put on notice. But if you have binged the hit drama series like I have, then you’ll recognize the mind-bending aesthetics I shamelessly borrowed to make this portrait.
This is a classic example of an artist taking a good idea from artistic heroes to make a great piece his own. My particular recipe includes a love of reflections, knowing the limits of my equipment and the ability to stretch the patience of portrait subjects.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) New York City's COVID-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average went down to 9.39 percent, compared with 9.41 percent one day earlier, Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted on Saturday.