Blog 2 - Kiana Lopez

From pages 37 through 75 of Richard Hollis’ book, Graphic Design: A Concise History, Vladimir and Gyorgy Stenberg’s film poster, Man with a Movie Camera 1923, stuck out to me the most. I enjoy how abstract this poster is, these artists manage to use many different styles of art in one piece, this artwork almost looks like a collage to me. Even though they do not picture someone literally using the film camera, I can still understand that this is a film poster of a woman behind a film camera. This poster is very creative in numerous other ways, which is why it caught my eye. 


Since I enjoyed the poster up above, I decided to look into more of their work. Another piece that came across my eye was Vladimir and Georgy Stenberg’s film poster for Ninich 1927. This poster is also abstract while maintaining uniqueness. This poster shows a man looking down upon a woman. However, the characters are placed in two circles which then intersect by a little bit. This makes me think of the ‘compare and contrast’ circles and that these characters may have some similarities and differences between each other. Also, I understand these posters were created so long ago but I enjoy the vintage look.


The last poster that also caught my eye is Vladimir and Georgy Stenberg’s poster, Fragment of an Empire 1929. Although, this poster isn’t for a film, but it looks like it can definitely pass for a horror film poster. Since this is a Soviet poster, it uses the Soviet Union colors, red and yellow in the background. Due to the title of the poster, it makes me think that the man that is hiding and screaming in horror from what is being presented to him which might indicate war. After making this prediction, I looked up the actual meaning to the poster and it states from the University of Michigan Art, and it stated that it was created during the Russian Revolution.


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