August 2017 - THIS week's PICTURE

Smithsonian Cubist Gallery, DC: 4 takes, #2 photo by Malcolm Aslett

The difference between this one and version # 1 is slight but significant in the way the picture works.

I wondered if I should add other figures and tried it with this one of my son crouching to take a photograph of the sculpture. By rights I thought it would add a bit of dynamism, maybe bring in a touch of narrative. In effect I think it simply clutters the space. There is now a spacing between four vertical elements between the wall and they are reasonably equal space but for me it does nothing for the appeal of the photograph. It somehow detracts from whatever made the previous composition work.

After doing this you think I might have learnt my lesson. Unfortunately not. I tried it again with the addition of a foreground sculpture to see how that would work. I'll put it up shortly for comparison.

 

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