So, for art, we were supposed to do one of three themes; Life and death, hopes and fears, and something else. So, I got life and death. I decided to take it literally, and have life and death in the same picture. There is a dead tree, but there is green around it.

So, the compositional rules that I applied was the slant, for the picture to seem more dynamic. I purposely took this picture so that the dead tree is in the middle, and that everything else is around,

The story behind this- you decide! It could mean that life and death are very close, or that death is surrounded by life. It can either show positivity or negativity. I feel like the slant, or angle, in the picture can symbolise a lot of things.

The three most important things of taking a picture of someone or something is lighting, surroundings, and angles. A dark photo implies something bad, the surroundings can show contrast, and the angles support the surroundings.

What I think might have happened is that there was a flood, and this person is running in the flooded area.

So, I found out this picture is called ‘Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare’, which was taken by a man named Cartier-Bresson. This picture was taken in black and white in 1932, and the picture gets its name because it was taken in the Saint-Lazare train station in Paris. That is a ladder, and that person is a businessman running, so there is contrast between the water and the person.

This shows creativity because honestly….. no one has ever done this. It might not work, but it’s completely original (I think)

This is a post. I am awesome.