Photography and Defining an Image

             An image is something we see and that has an emotional impact on the viewer according to their personal experiences. According to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an image means "a tangible or visible representation, a vivid or graphic representation or description." An image must be composed in a frame by putting the camera shots in the right angles so it makes attractive shapes.
             The chosen image is a black and white photograph of a site within a city. There is a bridge in the back between two rows of buildings; there are people, cars, and carriages on the street, the weather seems to be sunny because there is a clear contrast around the shadows; the era is unclear because of the style of the buildings and the carriages and the cars belong to the 19th century, but the style of the bridge and the buildings behind it belong to the 20th centuries. This is clear that this photograph has been modified by a computer by software like Adobe Photoshop to combine two images of different time periods together into one image.
             The image is attention grabbing because of its unbalanced composition. The camera was panning to the right to push the vanishing point to the left, leaving the right row of the building larger than the left row, thus creating a feeling that the right side of the image is "heavier" than the left side. The vanishing point of the foreground image is going to the left but the direction of the bridge in the background goes to the right, because of the different angles, it gives a feeling that the image is curved. The bridge is emphasized because it is composed in the center of the frame. The color has given the image a great depth because the further the objects are, the more the colors fade out, and also the further the distance, the smaller the objects are. The bridge in the center back is almost as big as the building in the foreground, but because the color is lighter, it gives the feeling that it is a hug...

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