Commercial VS Fine Art Portraits Pre-work

Commercial:

Photographer: Micah Kvid. This photo was fairly adventurous looking, and in order to go exploring on a mountain, you need gear. This photo was good at selling adventure, rather than the products.

Timothy Bailey. This is a very vibrant and cute photo. I like the smooth texture of everything but the apple and the lips. It popped out well, and if there's a message here, then it's clear (it seems like it's selling candy)

Fine art:

Anna Shakina (Ukraine). I like this fine arts portrait because it is very simple but easy to read the mood. It is dark in order to completely focus on the facial expression. It was also a self portrait, which is hard to do when you are looking for raw emotion. 

Paluksht Mark (Israel). (This was considered "offensive" on the website and had a filter to approve unblurring the whole photo,  ???) I really loved this picture because a lot of textures are used in it. The texture of whatever she is laying on, the texture of the smoke, yet the picture is fairly simple. It is just a woman smoking a cigarette naked, but there is a lot to analyze in the eye.


Compare and contrast:
Fine art has a lot of emotion in it, while commercial art sells a point, rather than an emotion. In these pictures, the fine art was mostly sad, and negative, showing strong emotions, while the commercial portraits were happy and adventurous, which everyone enjoys feeling, in order to sell a product.