PetersonMa-Place



//By: Paul Politis// http://www.paulpolitis.com/bwgallery/abandoned_places/photograph.asp?photo=44 This photo is an interior landscape taken inside an old abandoned house. The elements that the author of this photo used were unity because of everything leading to the door at the end of the staircase and emphasis by the shadows inside the house, and the white light coming out of the windows of the door. The principle used is space because of the photo being taken from upstairs, then leading down to the first floor. The mood being evoked is mystery and horror by the oldness of the ruined home; and making the picture black and white makes the colors contrast more sharply and makes it even more spookier. The photographer, Paul Politis has many landscape photos, but doesn't take many action shots. his work is done more on the outside of homes or in the open, and enjoys taking shots of buildings. For compositional techniques, the artist uses fill frame and focal point, being the door. I chose this picture to showcase because I liked how the photographer was able to bring mystery and other dark thoughts into one snapshot. I also liked it because it reminded me of a poster in my grandmother's guest room that has scared me since I was little. I do not know the name of the painting, but I do know that it is a dark painting of either a door or a curtain that is behind a flower vase on a stool. And at the side is a dead hand that is opening either the door or the curtain. Apparently it's shown somewhere in Chicago but that is all I know about it.
 * Vertigo**

//By: Shaun O'Boyle// http://www.oboylephoto.com/st_john_ruins/index.html This photo is a landscape style photo and was shot in the St. John USVI Plantation Ruins. I liked this picture because of the long trail in the middle of the jungle that beckons for adventure, and al the green plants surrounding it. The elements that the author uses are emphasis and balance. Emphasis is shown on the trail because of it being depicted in the middle of the picture and balance is used because with the trail being in the middle, two halves of the jungle are shown on each side, keeping the picture balanced. The principles that are shown are texture and space. Space is shown by the dense forest and texture is shown by the plants and by the sharpness the photographer used being able to see them. Compositional techniques used are fill frame and rule of thirds by the big tree being on the left, the trail in the middle, and the majority of plants on the right.
 * Trail to Reef Bay Great House**

//By: Paul Politis// http://www.paulpolitis.com/bwgallery/architecture/photograph.asp?photo=220 I realize now that I have used two examples by the same photographer, but this picture of the Guggenhiem I really enjoy because I have seen it being depicted in a household item. I chose this picture because the Guggenhiem is a museum created by Frank Lloyd Wright; I have stayed in a small cottage he made in Wisconsin for my birthday and inside the home are items designed after him as well. The item that connected with the Guggenhiem museum were the bowls that were provided by the cottage. Each bowl and cup was white and had circling lines that traveled around the circular object, almost identical to the outside frame of the museum. Paul Politis, the photographer, used fill frame, emphasis by the largeness of the building, and movement by capturing the leading lines.
 * Guggenheim Museum #2**