I love that in this photo that
there is a sense of motion and urgency around these two men. But for them they
are having all the time in the world. Where you clearly see that they are the
subject matter of this photo. Stopped forever in time. The use of shape is apparent with the silhouette
of the two men, there is no detail in the bodies.
There is
the rule of thirds in this photo. Where you’re eyes start in the bottom right
corner of the photo and works its way to the two men which are in the two
different contrasts of light. Where the light hits the back of the men and they
are headed in to the shadowed portion of the photo. Then the photo really opens
up behind them. Where you see the bustling city where people are running across
the street to get out of harms way from cars. While the two men casually just
stroll across the street.
I find the
photo perfectly cropped and contrasted. Where it adds a sense of not asking
where this photo is located, why the men are crossing the street. It just adds
that the two men are friends. They are walking together as a pair. No worry in
their life. So in this case while looking at their feet there is a scene of
symmetries. The two men are in the same posture at the same time. They are in
sync with each other. They aren’t worried about anything else except for each
other. That is why I find this photo to
be a great one.
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Albion Harrison-Naish
