Photography generally focuses on the capturing of detail: the silky dew on the flower petal, the emotion on the face of a distressed child, the motion of fan blades disturbing hot summer air. Yet, as in a symphony, a beautiful progression cannot be created by admiring the timbre of a single note in the brass section.
Of all the essential pictorial elements, shape is the most basic to our understanding of objects and scenes. A figure robbed of its texture, color, or form is reduced to its most powerful element--that of a silhouette, which is purely shape.
Of all the essential pictorial elements, shape is the most basic to our understanding of objects and scenes. A figure robbed of its texture, color, or form is reduced to its most powerful element--that of a silhouette, which is purely shape.
