The American annual of photography . loyaland sympathetic friends, for we know that a discerning col-league is by far the best acquisition. If we learn to fill ourspace adequately and fully, we will finally be masters of com-position and, later, learn to fuse this knowledge with the beautyof our own spirit. In the accompanying picture High Bridge, one of a seriesI have made in order to bring to the attention of the NewYork authorities the beauty of an old bridge which they con-template destroying so as to meet the needs of commerce, youwill observe that emphasis has been laid on about one-thir
The American annual of photography . loyaland sympathetic friends, for we know that a discerning col-league is by far the best acquisition. If we learn to fill ourspace adequately and fully, we will finally be masters of com-position and, later, learn to fuse this knowledge with the beautyof our own spirit. In the accompanying picture High Bridge, one of a seriesI have made in order to bring to the attention of the NewYork authorities the beauty of an old bridge which they con-template destroying so as to meet the needs of commerce, youwill observe that emphasis has been laid on about one-third of 169 the picture-area (the upper part). The raihng to the left hasbeen used to give impetus to the eye as it searches the space,for composition is intended to make the eye subservient to rock at the right stops the eye from an exit there andcompels it to rest on the beautiful arches of the bridge. Thesesix arches have been selected so as to divide unequally thehorizontal space of the picture. If they were divided equally. Figure composition would become formal and rigid. The bridgehas been placed in its present position in the space to give itloftiness of height and of feehng. The shadows in the fore-ground serve as an entrance, for the eye, as it skirts the tipsof these shadows, is led toward the rock and its base; to thearches and back to the railing. The eye would never resttranquilly on the bridge if the foreground were brazen with 170
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