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Master Artist Composition (50 pts)

For this assignment, you must specifically list as many principles of composition as you can for each photograph listed below.  This must be done on looseleaf paper that will be turned in for a grade.  You must find at least three different principles for each photograph.  The more specific you are, the better.  See example below.

My example response: Henri Cartier Bresson

PictureHenri Cartier Bresson
Rule of Thirds:  The bicyclist is on the upper left intersection of the Rule of Thirds grid.  The railing takes up the rest of the 3/4's of the image. This creates emphasis on the biker and leads the eye to the subject.
Pattern / Texture:   The repeating vertical lines of the railing and slanted lines of the staircase leading down the steps all lead your eye to the bicyclist, the main subject.
Leading line:  The top of the railing leads your eye down the stairs to the bicyclist.  The curb of the street also moves your eye right to left, following the pathway of the bicyclist.
Light/Value: The railing and bicyclist are a darker value than the rest of the image, thus creating an emphasis on those subjects.
Point of View: You as the viewer are looking down the stairs at the main subject creating a birds eye view.  The small size of the bicyclist draws your eye to the subject.


Student Responses:

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Richard Avedon
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Ansel Adams
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Annie Leibovitz
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Yousuf Karsh
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Robert Capa
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Brassai
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Dorothea Lange
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Brian Duffy
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Vivian Maier