The Art of photography

ThePrinciplesatWork:In

PursuitofExcellence

SCOTTMacLEAY:Woman'sArmandChair, 1979

Normally,choppingoffpartsofasubject'sbodyis

somethingtoavoid,buthereunusualframing

creates

abalanceddesignBypositioningtheedges

ofthepictureashehas.thephotographergave

thedisembodiedarmjustthesameweight—and

space—asotherelementsinthepicture.It

was

thisframing

decision,sopowerfullyaffecting

balance,thatleadstothesenseofsuspended

animationcharacterizingthephotograph