The Art of photography

ThePrinciplesatWork:InPursuitofExcellence

4 Tocreatethisdesignofrepeatedshapes,the

photographerlookeddownfromanairport

mezzanineonagroupofnunsandfilledhis

framewiththecontrastingelementsoftheirhabits

severeblackrobesandwhite,flower-likecoifs.

Shapesrepeatthemselvesatrighttochargethe

picturewiththeemotionfeltbythephotographer.

ThemenarerecruitstraininginBiafraduringthe

1968 revoltagainstNigeria.Byusingalonglensto

crowdandflattentheirforms,thephotographer

hasdeliberately

robbed

them

of

individuality

and

portraysthemasamassofanonymous,

interchangeablemenhuddledtogetherforwarfare.

DAVIDMOORESistersofCharity.Washington.
DC. 1956