McCormick_Place



The first image was taken at an abandoned asylum, revealing the inner architectural structure of a place that once contained the mentally insane, providing an erie, spooky and creepy feeling that sends goose bumps up your arms and makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. The photograph was taken by Shaun O'Boyle, who uses leading lines to direct us to every part of the photo, capturing every detail, fill the frame with the horror and loneliness of the abandoned asylum, and focal point to get us to focus on what is at the end of the hallway, yet to leave a mystery as what is behind the each of the doorways, which are letting light bleed into the hallway. O'Boyle received his BFA in architecture, industrial and environmental design and works as a photographer and as an architectural designer. There is no title of the photo, however O'Boyle categorized it under one of his projects as __Asylum__.

The second image uses a natural landscape space, capturing the uniqueness of one particular southern landscape, void of all color, providing another erie, yet unexplored feeling and that there might be something beyond if you continue walking. The photograph was shot by Sally Mann, who uses leading lines to grab the focus on the intertwining tree branches that draw you forward, framing to give the photo a different perspective, level horizon to capture every bit of the scene, an point of view to emphasize the magical and mysterious perspective. Sally Mann is an American renowned author and photographer, who has also had one of her books (//What Remains//) turned into a movie in 2006. She did not title her photograph, but it is categorized amongst others as __Southern Landscapes__.

The third and final image is an urbanscape, capturing the inside of the subway tunnels, while also capturing the reflection of the people in the car, providing a hustling and bustling pace to the photograph. The photograph was shot by Paul Raphaelson, who uses fill the frame as there is always something to catch our eye in the photo, rule of thirds as there is something or someone to focus on and observe, and point of view, as seeing two different views (the frontal view and reflection) was something not really thought of or seen, giving Raphaelson his own unique and original twist to his art. Raphaelson chose to photograph the urban life says his "…interests turned to the subway in the mid-2000s, when the city’s economic and cosmetic ambitions started leaching into the tunnels...Reflections from inside the trains and out moved every direction at once, drawing passengers into a mirage of ghosts and fragments. Meanwhile, their faces suggested retreat to a privacy far from the visual chaos surrounding them". While the photograph does not have a name, it is categorized under Raphaelson's __Sub-Culture__ project.

1. http://shaunoboyle.photoshelter.com/#!/index/G0000eR3UuEZABAk 2. http://sallymann.com/selected-works/southern-landscapes 3. http://www.paulraphaelson.com/portfolios/sub-culture/#1