Anton_Corbijn

Anton Corbijn When I look at this photo of Beck by Anton Corbijn, it immediately brings a feeling of new beginnings to mind. The road that the boy stands on, in a seemingly grey town is abandoned except for the young boy in the worn clothes hoping for a way out. The presentation as well as well as line composition and color has great influences on my feelings towards the photograph. The presentation is very simple, but obviously carefully chosen to construct the right background. How the subject is pushed to the bottom right of the photograph would be thought to create less attention to him, however because his arm protrudes from him it proves otherwise. My eyes are immediately drawn towards the boy because of the contrast in motion. All of the motion in the picture is moving away- the buildings and the road in particular. When the arm is added it brings a sudden and drastic change because it contradicts the prominent motion. This correlates to the meaning of the photograph to me. The line composition works very well in this photograph and adds to the emotion as well as bringing a strong movement to the picture. The most smooth and eloquent photograph, boy, picture, brings, line, color, arm, towards, subject, stands, road, motion, because, way, very, strong, right, protrudes, prominent, presentation, new, immediately, environment, dark, composition, buildings, beck, adds, young, yet, worn, works, while, vulnerable, visually