The LinnDrum as Coca Cola Deborah Allen album cover People pictures for a people business Some work in neon When black & white is right Rising above the competition Hardworking half-pagers More hardworking half-pagers Portrait photography Going on the offensive inoffensively A solution twice as big as the problem A soft drink can like any other To some, this looks like nothing You asked for it, but where is it? Branding a French bakery/restaurant Banned by Time magazine People actually hated this one Designs and sketches When to get out of the way Just here to get your attention The DigiCart is here. Not. Gags and doodles In studio with Gino Vannelli Hand-lettering and type design Cashing in on Elton John Products that zzzzzing Making excellence out of making do Three more people ads Get this tape! Do as I tell you!... Fake stationery for the fun of it Design with a blank check Contrasting craft and machine Small ads that “command” the page More small page commanders What to do about your competition More hand-lettering and type design It’s not my fault Cartoon art Why are forms so lousy? No time for photography Particles or waves? And this and that Akai ads–one size does not fit all Always give more if you’ve got it Linn LM-1 Drum Computer–first ads Small ads that come alive New digital keyboard, new logo too Found art High tech, low budget Album cover art and photography Layout matters...and idiot-proofing! More album cover art Hardworking ads in black & white Dream radio designs just for fun


Portrait photography is a field rife with mediocre expectations and clichés. This example might be considered too casual by some to be a “portrait.” Some people prefer the leaden look of a child in borrowed clothes sitting inside a shopping center Olan Mills. From 'Portrait Photography' by Eric Wrobbel, here: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/art/portraits.htm

The ’40s movie star portrait cliché gets ripped off in this updated homage from 1979. From 'Portrait Photography' by Eric Wrobbel, here: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/art/portraits.htm

Portrait Photography

Here is a field rife with clichés. These clichés can’t be ignored, since audience and subject know them well and even expect them to some degree. I play with them instead, as in the example here of the little executive with the bubble pipe, sternly eyeing a visitor to his office. Someday we’ll all be working for this guy. The first example here might be considered too casual by some to be a “portrait.” Some people prefer the leaden look of a child in borrowed clothes sitting inside a shopping center Olan Mills. You can probably tell, I don’t.


Portrait photography is a field rife with clichés. Some like to toy with those clichés, as with this little executive and his bubble pipe, sternly eyeing a visitor to his office. Someday we’ll all be working for this guy. From 'Portrait Photography' by Eric Wrobbel, here: https://www.ericwrobbel.com/art/portraits.htm

And the ’40s movie star portrait cliché gets ripped off in the black & white photograph here of my father, from 1979.



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