These are two photographs of Fred Rogers taken by Dan Winters. We looked at a lot of Winters' photographs in Photo I and came to the general consensus that a lot of his images are excessively sharpened and manipulated, but some of his portraits that featured more subtle digital processing were pretty terrific. The images above are a combination of two separate photographs; check Winters' site for the individuals (which are in MUCH higher quality).
In the first photo, Rogers is illuminated by strong artificial light made to look like a shaft of light in a forest. He is surrounded by darkness in the lower half of the frame, while the upper half contains what looks to be a distorted horizon line and a forest. The photo features an interesting play on complementary colors, as the red and green take up completely separate parts of the image and serve different purposes. Rogers' red sweater really pops with color because of a combination of the high-key lighting, black background (which increases contrast), and red color (which moves toward the front of the frame). The forest serves as an almost illustrated, muted backdrop because of its under-emphasized, diffused lighting and desaturated color.
The second image is a simple but elegant straight-on photograph of Rogers' iconic vivid red sweater hanging on a monochromatic background.
As an aside, many of Winters' portraits feature the film lines (of his 4x5 negatives? I believe they are large-format...) displaying Kodak VC 160.
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