Analysis of a selective image of Cartier-Bresson's: |
I reviewed one of Henri Cartier-Bressons photographs; Henri Cartier-Bresson wanted the viewer to immediately see the lines within the composition of the image he had decisively planned to include in the photograph.
Therefore, I analysed this photograph and used a pencil and ruler to draw on top of the tracing paper placed on top of the original image. I had identified many lines within the composition and it all looks very even and symmetrical in a sense. |
This diptych appear in contrast to each other as the left photo contains a light, warm tone in comparison to the right photo of the buildings it is very dark and gloomy containing a blue tone.
However, they both have a similarity of what stands out the most. In the first image the top quarter contains a reflective light that bounces off the tv screen similarly, to the bottom section of the building image there is a square pathway which contains a strong light source piercing through. It looks as if the left photo is an inside view of the outer building. |
The personalised text written by Nick Waplington contains a search from a non existent question which somehow links to the image on the right as there is an alone shadow figure with consecutive standing rocks alongside each other which fills the whole frame - it seems as if the figure is on a journey to search for conclusions.
The colour blue from the sky contains deep meanings and connotations linked to lost, unaware, sad. The colour blue could reflect the emotions of the alone figure in the photograph as they could be lost and feeling sad. |
The diptychs contain similar shapes as the left image contains a wooden door and the outline of the subject matter on the right is in a shape similar to a door. Both images contain dark tones which gives a sinister imagery and as the detailing of the image is not clear it is hard to make out what it could be; making the viewer to think about the two diptychs such as why they have been placed next to each other.
I think the two diptychs are linked because the diptych on the right could be zoomed into the keyhole of that wooden door on the left - it shows two perspectives in two ways. |