Larry Sultan was a contemporary photographer. One of his more famous works was his book titled Pictures from Home. In this book his goal was to portray the "suburban daily lifestyle." This photo is a portrait of his parents that he took in their home. I couldn't find hardly any information on this picture but I think that he was trying to show the reality of suburban life and how although everyone acts like everything is picture perfect everyone has their own problems. For example in this photo the two figures seem to be dressed nice and have a perfectly decent home but the husband is watching TV while the wife stands unnoticed in the corner with a pained expression on her face, showing that they could possibly be having marital issues. I think that Sultan was interested in portraits because he could relate them to everyday life. In his other portraits he tried to capture relationships, emotions, memories, and lifestyles and I think a really good way of portraying that is to photograph human subjects so that other people can relate to them. I really enjoy this image. I think the composition is really effective, even though the woman is farther away she seems to be the main focus. I also like the concept of the photograph and I think he does a really good job of conveying it.
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