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These 3 Images Are Good Examples Of Some Deep Photographic Principles
If you encounter a monkey in an absurd context,
you automatically have a very real problem in photography.
Garry Winogrand
It’s clear that we live in an image-saturated environment that is expanding day by day. These images highlight the primary role of photography in human communication. Photography invites us to read the images it presents, but this is increasingly difficult to do thanks to the generous number of distractions in our lives. This was something we discussed in “Contemplation. Dramatically Improving Your Photography With Reading”. This time we want to share some conclusions after having read some images. The criteria for selecting the images were simple: they all had to illustrate three solid principles of photography, especially in terms of framing, vanishing point and composition. It’s worth mentioning that we aren’t presenting detailed breakdowns, as we have done in previous posts.
- Juxtaposition
Here we have a moment of juxtaposition of the train in the upper distance, symbolizing progress and the power of machines, contrasted with the vulnerability of human nature, personified by the man walking in the opposite direction of the train while carrying something, probably a painting or a mirror. Trains owe their existence to human beings, and they appear connected here by the similar tone of their coverings (i.e., the…
