Thursday, 28 February 2013

Artist Research- Peter Defty


I saw some photos by Peter Defty in a magazine and thought they were great. Looking through his images ‘London’ I saw a repetition of having block black sections in the image.  The composition is really interesting because it makes it hard to tell what the image actually is at first glance.

Rule of thirds is used by having the sky, which could be seen as the key image is slightly off center. This image was taken from below looking on at the buildings and the sky. I think it creates a really interesting effect and makes it look more abstract. The clouds create detail in the photograph and help us recognize the sky. Personally I think the image would look plain without them. The building at the bottom of the image shows pattern and texture.

There is a lot of negative space in the image. Sometimes things you don’t capture are more important than the things you do. Peter is stood in-between are framing the sky nicely.  The zig-zag frame creates more detail in the image and makes it look a lot more interesting to if it was just a straight line- good location.


Image found on the AOP

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