Annemarie Heinrich is a German-born photographer who immigrated to Argentina. i also discovered her at the MALBA exhibit I mentioned in an earlier post. She originally studied dance, music, and scenography, which is noticeable in her artwork. A lot of what she made shows the influence from the art, theatre, and entertainment world.

This photograph is called "Self portrait with children" (1947). In it, we see Heinrich in the center-left of the image, with her camera positioned in the center. The camera is looking at a reflective, mirror-like ball or sphere, which is what gives us the reflection of the room. The aspect ratio of the picture is more square and only about as big as the sphere

Two children are visible. One is on the top-left edge looking down and the other is to the right of the camera, but more recessed in the room itself. The picture is interesting because of the vantage-point we get from the camera pointed downward at a reflection, presenting the room in this warped, fish-eyed way. There is a lot of natural light in the room, with some spots noticeably blown out by it, like the bottom-left corner.

I liked this picture because of the body language in the people. Heinrich is looking away from the ball, which shows us her side profile. The boy that is looking down, he's not a reflection. Because of the way his face isn't warping, especially considering he's at the edge of the ball, which would disrot him more, we can tell he's between the camera and the ball. And the other child in the back is in this contorted position, looking at the camera with a sense of intrigue. It's all very interesting.