Photographers ( added 19/02/19 )
Peter Keetman. I mainly looked at his collection called, A Week at the factory. This is a series of 71 photos on the production line in a Volkswagen factory, Germany, in 1953. All the pictures show the industrial and building process of anything and no matter how small its needed. Most photos have use half tones, the grey tones intermediate between shadow and highlight.
In this photo i like how there is many of the same parts all stacked on top of each other. The pieces making a repeating pattern, with each individual piece having its own curves due to all the groves.
In this image the framing has allowed the repeating pattern to interlock and create a very dramatic image. The curves formed from this allow the eyes to follow them like sweeping currents, this are leading lines which no matter where you start from in the photo your eyes are swept out of the image.
The curves on this macro image show how each grove and curve is interlocking perfectly with the adjoining piece. The use of black and white photography really brings this to the forefront of the mind and the focusing is so spot on not one piece is blurred.
In the last image i really like how there are many curves in the rods and circles in the wheels. I really like how you can almost in vision how each thing contributes to making the train move forward. The use of black and white photography help emphasis the curves as they are highlighted.
Linda Murdock - Circles, Curves and Arches -- Urban buildings
She is an american photographer from south Texas. Normally taking photos of the birds and wildlife since 2012 when she re-took up bird watching. She started taking photos of circles and curves in 2016 and published about her findings throughout the year in December 2017.
This photo taken of the Chevron circular elevated walkway in Houston. Due to all the glass int he buildings and walkway it can create a different picture every time as the sky and refection continuously change it. As well as this the walkway itself is acting as a circular frame for the buildings with in it. The angle also creates a lot of distortion of the buildings, with the f stop being 2.8 as written in her notes this explains the high level of distortion.
For the second photo she used a mirror in an antique store in Richmond to frame herself and camera. This allowed her to use the circles in the mirror as wells as the circle lens of the camera. In the photo you can also see that she is taking the photo handheld showing that she was taking this in the moment and that is wasn't set up or expected.
This photo was taken at the picnic shelter in Texas City Dike. The circle in the wall allows framing of the landscape. However for me i would have liked to see how different the photo would have been if the circle was the only thing you could see through to see the landscape be hide it.
The last photo here shows a different way of taking a photo when looking at circles and curves and that is how curves can make aches. In the photo she has taken the photo so you can make out the layers of aches one inside the other reminding me of Yayoi Kusama, with the difference being that yayoi uses mirrors to create the same type of effect.
Learning and research in composing with circles and curves ( added 26/02/19 )
C - curves
Semi - circles are the most common curves as almost any curve qualifies.
Arches
They can be found in naturally in rock formations in the right parts of the world. However the most common place to find them are in architecture, if possible you can also take advantage of the repeating curves that are normally used.
S - curves
These curves are known to create a sense of depth allowing the eye to move back and forth through the image. They can be found in the natural flow of a river, winding road or pathway.
Circles
They can be found in nature from ripples in water, eg a pond. However they are mostly found in man-made objects, were you can find compositions that combine multiple curves. These are normally used to frame something.
Implied curves
These are the most effective use of curves. They are formed when the objects imply the shape however it has to be composed well to make the elements from the recognisable shape.
Photographers ( added 15/04/19 )
Moholy Nagy - Abstract
Moholy is a Hungarian painter and photographer and he was always being experimental in his different fields. He was born in July 1895 and passed in November 1946, during his adult life his work was at the forefront of abstraction. Where he would be experimenting with light, space and form gaining the international attention.
In the first photo i like the big dark curve that pulls you into the bottom of the image and then in and up round and out the top. This leading line is makes you stop in the white circle so you can take in the photo but it allows the view to be carried through the image seamlessly.
In this image i like how the curves all over lap and where there is and over lap the way the image was edit, they have made it dark. This touch and attention to detail forces the viewer to look at the image more finding all the other at first not visible shapes hidden all in the curves.
In this image i really like how in this image it is similar to the second image however in this one it has the splash of red where in the other it had blue. Though in this one it reminds me of fire bursting forward and all the life and curved / twisted lines are the smoke coming off the flames.
Edward Weston - Still Life
He was a American photographer in California, becoming well know for his work on surrealism in photography. His series between 1886 and 1958 is the one shown below where he used fruits and vegetables at different angles and a different ways so at first you wouldn't know what they really where.
In this first image it reminds me of a tree with the centre of the cabbage being the bark and the crumpled leaves are the shape and expanse of the canopy of the tree. The darker spots remind me of how in some areas the foliage is denser than in other.
For the this second photo i have no idea what the image is actually of however it reminds me of like a snail of slug and that makes me as a view uncomfortable and grossed out as it reminds me of slime.
In the final image it looks like the flamingo ornaments that you can get that you put in the lawn. As well as this it reminds me of how they are in love making the image rather romantic. However the image is of the steam / stork of pumpkins.
He is a USA photographer based out of Austin, Texas and specialises in portraits. He also experiments with Macro and Landscape photography. His work is based on trying to show facial structure and how that changes in expressions and angle change.
In the first image the photographer is using the camera to show the shape of the eye and eyebrow, how the eyebrow is a C curve and the eye is constructed out of different almost circular shapes. The use of the Macro camera has brought in high definition to the eye allowing sharper focus on the subject.
In the next image you can immediately tell that the focus of the image is the structure of the face and that the make up is there to highlight the features more. This allows the curves of the lips and eye, even the eyebrow to standout more and create the definition and sharpness needed.
In the final image the lighting is how the main focus is highlighted to the viewer. In this image the photographer has got the whole face in the frame however by using light has obscured the edges bring higher and sharper definition to the section that has been highlighted.
