Angelica Flores
Dan Winters, "Tupac Shakur
1994
Dan Winters started his photographic career in 1971. It was not until 1986, in which he began his career as a photojournalist in Ventura County, California. He is widely recognized for his celebrity portraiture, including the famous Tupac Shakur. The portrait of Tupac Shakur was taken in 1994, 2 years before he was killed in a drive-by shooting. I find this portrait to be intriguing because it was one of the first photos that I remember seeing of the late rapper and an introduction to the hip-hop world. From the perspective in which the portrait was taken it is a moment of self-reflection in which he is contemplating his next move and weighing how his actions have affected his life. The shadow in the photograph can be interpreted as one's past will always be lurking in the present. The shadows projected on the late rapper give a sense of mystery in one's life. The photograph makes me wonder what was going on in Tupac's mind at the time of the photo.
