CLASSICAL
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 1974
I may be stretching the term “classical,” or even misusing it by suggesting that it’s to do with classical painting, but I mean the kind of approach to composition that is well accepted, comfortable on the eye, and is what any well trained photographer would do to produce a generally satisfying image. It may or may not involve dividing the frame according to the Golden Section, more or less, and that doesn’t really matter; above all, it’s about innately satisfying proportions that balance larger against smaller, and darker against lighter. Our eyes are drawn to the light, and brighter usually gets more ...
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