the human story

I read somewhere that it was a frequent practice in the 1920’s to photograph from bridges, windows and other elevated locations in order to show the street as a board game with people, cars and other objects as game pieces.

No doubt this kind of approach minimizes the personal story while emphasizing on the composition and the general relationship between the “pieces”.   Now take away the human story and you are left with a nicely composed photograph, and nothing more.

Comments

[Leigh]

Excellent! I can see so much in this photograph. I like that it has that "Looking Down" feel to it. I wonder where that person was going?

[Greg]

I've been playing around with elevations and different ways of framing pictures lately.

Everytime you post something new, I'm reminded that I really should take more B&Ws. They look that much more artistic (not that yours aren't to begin with!)

[Charlie]

Great shot... the angle really does make one focus on the composition... which is wonderful! Though the focus might not be on a solo human story, I think this shot is a wonderful way to present the story of the human condition. :)

[Julioalejandro]

Excellente view, very nice composition

[shellllllllllie]

wow so diagramatic....pieces and parts all pointing and explaining different stories. the marks made by man all telling stories of their own, directional and sometimes unintentional.