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Principles of Art and Design Building an Interesting Photograph

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Principles of Art and Design

Building an Interesting Photograph

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Principles of Art and Design

Balance

Proportion

Repetition

Movement

Contrast

Emphasis

Variety

Unity

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Principles of Art and Design

Balance:

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Principles of Art and Design

Balance: a condition in which opposing forces are equal to each other, equality between the totals of the two sides of an account, or an orderly and artistic arrangement of elements that is pleasing.

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Principles of Art and Design

Balance

The equal distribution of visual weight in an artwork.

Symmetrical Balance

Asymmetrical Balance

Radial Balance

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Symmetrical Balance Chuck Close

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Symmetrical Balance

When one half of an art work mirrors the other and has equal weight on each

side.

AKA “Formal” Symmetry.

Often seen in graphic design, symbols, and logos

Chuck Close

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Approximate Symmetry

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Approximate Symmetry

When one half of an art work is close to mirroring the other and has equal

weight on each side.

Often seen in graphic design, symbols, and logos

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Asymmetrical Balance

John Divola, Natural Reductions, 1987-89

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Asymmetrical Balance

John Divola, Natural Reductions, 1987-89

Asymmetry means without symmetry.

Meaning that there are no mirror images in a

composition.

AKA “Informal” Symmetry.

Where does your attention goes when you

look at an image? If it seems to wander around

more or less evenly, there is probably

balance.

A small visually interesting object can balance a much larger less interesting object.

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Radial Balance

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Radial BalanceA design in which

the elements radiate from the center.

Eirik Johnston

Animal Holes

2005

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Proportion

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ProportionHow big or small something is, in

relation to something else.

Angela Buenning Filo

Advertising Barge, San Francisco Bay

2000

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Repetition

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RepetitionA pattern created by repeating elements

regularly or irregularly.

Mitch Epstien

Green Mountain Wind

Farm, Fluvana, Texas

2005

70 x 92 inches

from American Power

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RepetitionFormal Repetition

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RepetitionFormal repetition is

repeating an element regularly.

Charles C. Ebberts

Lunch atop a Skyscraper

New York, NY

1932

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RepetitionInformal repetition

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RepetitionInformal repetition is repeating a design without a regular

pattern.

Eirik Johnston

Border Lands

2005

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RepetitionProgressive Repetition

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RepetitionProgressive repetition

is repeating an element with small changes each time.

Mitch Epstien

Green Mountain Wind

Farm, Fluvana, Texas

2005

70 x 92 inches

from American Power

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Movement

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MovementThe illusion of

motion.

The path that our eye follows as we

look at a piece of art

Gregory Crewdson

Brief Encounter

1990

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Contrast

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ContrastElements with strong

differences that stand in opposition

to one another.

Light/dark, large/small,

round/square

Carrie Mae Weems

The Kitchen Table Series

1990

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Emphasis

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EmphasisWhat stands out the most or gets noticed

first.

David Graham

St. Bernard Parish, LA

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Variety

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VarietyChanging the elements that

compose a work of art.

By varying the components of a visual design, the

artist creates interest and avoids monotony.

Caitlyn Atkinson

Chapter 22

2004

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Unity

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UnitySeeing the whole before seeing the

elements.

“Everything works.”

Gregory Crewdson

Beneath the Roses

1990

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Chuck Close

Kate Moss, 2005

Prints made from a photograph study

Set of three sold for $166,000 in

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Symmetrical Balance

Larry Towell

Maternity Hospital

1975

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Symmetrical Balance

Edward Burtynsky

Railcuts #1

1985

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Asymmetrical Balance

J. Bennett Fitts

Lakeside Bench

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Kristin Giordano

Portal, Lake Crescent, WA

2007

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Asymmetrical Balance

Gregory Crewdson

Brief Encounter

1990

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Mitch Epstien

Gavin Coal Power Plant, Cheshire, Ohio

2003

70 x 92 inches

from "American Power"

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Radial Balance

Jason Engelund

Photo Enso 1517

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Mitch Epstien

Untitled, New York

1997

from The City

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Shirim Nishat

Rebellious Silence

1994

Photograph

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Peter De Lory

Penstock, Cedar Falls Water Shed

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Mitch Epstien

Untitled, New York

1998

from The City

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MovementKaren Appolonia

Muller

Angles in Fall: Border San Diego

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David Graham

St. Bernard Parish, LA

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Diane Arbus

Child with Toy Grenade in Central

Park

1962

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Paul Biddle

Crow Red Berry

2009

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Caitlin Atkinson

Chapter 5

2004

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Peter De Lory

Fox Range Cloud

2004

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Peter De Lory

Coalstripe, Montana

2004

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Eileen Cowin

Untitled, from I See What You’re

Saying

2002

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Peter De Lory

Capitol Reef Saunter

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Peter De Lory

Conquest and Western Expansion