FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Vence. February 1944. French painter Henri MATISSE at his home,
villa "Le Rêve"
FRANCE. Paris. 1956. The Seine and the Palais du Louvre (view from Quai Anatole France)
What drew me to this bottom image was the feeling that it gives off. It seems like a very eerie scene to me with the fogged sky and the deserted walk way. It reminded me of when I was in New York at the beginning of the pandemic starting here in America and I was walking along a street in Manhattan and there was barely anyone on the sidewalks and only about five cars passed by. It was very surreal and the emptiness of the streets made it feel very eerie, like this scene here.
Visually I think this picture uses line and contrast really well. The lines of the river and side walk lead your eye from one side of the picture to the opposite. The lines of the trees leads your eye up them and also across the image with how they are lined up along the river. The contrast of the texture of the river and of the cobble side walk is really nice and the strong line (I believe its the lip of the sidewalk) that splits them adds to it. I also like how the image seems very defined in the bottom and as it look towards the top the photo seems to start to fade. I am not sure if this is due to his aperture or the fog in the sky or both but I like the effect. The faint and blurred building in the background also adds interest to the image.
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