Wozniak,+Marley-Cyan

Find 3 examples of cyanotypes that you find especially beautiful and inspiring.
//** (ALL EXAMPLES WERE FOUND OFF OF THE FLIKR PAGE LINKED TO THE CLASS WIKI) **// === Explain the name of the photographer, the media the print was printed on (is it paper, watercolor paper, fabric?) and the compositional technique utilized by the photographer. (leading lines, rule of thirds, level horizon, framing, fill the frame) === Photo 1: The photographer of this piece is Walt Polley. The material the photo was printed on is paper. The main compositional techniques the photographer used were leading lines, and fill the frame. The pricks lead to the center of the plant, and the photographer zoomed in on the plant so there was limited negative space but just enough positive space.

Explain how the artist incorporated the elements and principles of art. Make sure you explain how, don't just list.
Photo 2: The photographer of this piece was Peter Mrhar. The material used to print on is paper. The main compositional techniques used were rule of thirds and filling the frame. Although the tree is in the center of the picture, it fills up a lot of the photo extending to many parts of the picture instead of having just one third filled with the tree. Photo 3: The photographer for this piece is Pat Brown. Pat printed this piece on a fabric of some sort because you can see the texture of the background and the uneven edges. Some of the most prominent compositional techniques used were rule of thirds and leading lines. Rule of thirds was used because although the piece displays the plants in the center, they extend throughout the picture, and actually give a sense of filling the frame, another compositional technique. The next technique Brown used was leading lines as the smaller plants lead to the bigger ones, which lead to the little flowers, and it is really cool to look at.
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The Elements: texture, line, shape, color, space, form, pattern.
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 * Photo 1: This cyanotype uses the elements of texture and space the most. How the photographer zoomed in far into the plant reveals a sense of texture, and you can really see deep details in the photo. Secondly, the photographer uses space by placing the plant through the paper and still leaving some negative space, but just enough so it looks natural.
 * Photo 2: This cyanotype uses elements such as texture, and line mainly in this piece. Texture is used as the main part of the tree because although the picture of it is from a medium distance away, the photographer picked up on the detail of the tree and the texture of the lims. Secondly the photographer used lines because throughout the picture the branches created a silhouette(ish) look so the branches are very vivid, even the smaller ones in the back.
 * Photo 3: This cyanotype uses elements such as texture, line, and space. Texture was used because the fabric the art was printed on has wrinkles in it, which some may think looks bad, but the artist really made it work out because it adds a vintage look to the art. Secondly, line was used because the plants were made of majority lines. Next, space was used because there was a lot of negative space, but it looked good with the simple yet detailed look of the flowers/plants.
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The Principles: movement, rhythm, balance, emphasis, variety, unity/harmony, contrast
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 * Photo 1: This cyanotype uses the principles of balance and contrast the most. The photographer used a really good balance of negative and positive space which strengthened the piece of art. Also, there was a strong emphasis on the plant because of the type of photograph is is(cyanotype) which leads to the contrast aspect of the colors having a really good contrast upon each other. The contrast adds to the simplicity of the photo which is a cool aspect.
 * Photo 2: This cyanotype uses principles such as balance, and harmony the most. For the most part, the piece is symmetrical because it you split it in half vertically, there would be tree on the same part and bushes in the back on the same part. Secondly, I would say there is good harmony between the sky, and trees, and the tree and other trees. Everything flows really nicely together in this piece.
 * Photo 3: The main principles this cyanotype used was balance, emphasis, and contrast. Balance was used efficiently because there seemed to be a really natural balance between the amount of negative and positive space used. Secondly, emphasis was used really well, and ties into contrast because the white flowers/plants were emphasized, and contrast really well with the dark background as white and black are opposites on the color wheel.
 * Choose 2-3 of your images that you feel will make good cyanotype prints.
 * Embed your 2-3 images on your wiki page, explain the compositional technique you used and why you think they would make good cyanotype prints (not just value....what's your concept!)
 * In order to create this photo, I used rule of thirds because I placed the flowers in the corner instead of in the center of the frame. Also, although there are some in the center of the frame, majority are offcentered. I think that even though this photo was shot with too low of an ISO, it still provides enough contrast for a cool cyanotype. I also think that the type of flower looks really cool because it doesn’t seem to be too common in pictures. My concept for this picture is that even if something is suffering, such as the flowers which are wilting, there is beauty inside of them.
 * In order to create this photo, I used the compositional technique of leading lines as the green grass in the front leads your eye to the bee on the flower. I think that this would make a cool cyanotype because there is a really low depth of field, yet you can still get the jist of what the background is. There is also a lot of detail in the photo. My concept for this photo is beauty in simple things that we may overlook- like a bee sucking the nectar of the flower in a field.