In a continuation of my previous post on compositionally affective still life's, I would like to share this photograph of- what is basically- a lock and key. What really lends this piece it's superiority is the single beam moving from the fore front to the very back, working almost as a bridge to your eyes- if it wasn't for that beam- if the picture was hypothetically taken with a white background, the lock would be in a very awkward place on the piece. The key also lends a smidge of asymmetry to lock, shifting the focal point slightly from the dead center.
Very well done analysis. The key does make the composition work. If it was not there, the photo would be static. It really makes me want to know what happened; the broken glass; has someone or something escaped.
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