The Art of photography

WhattheCameraSees:

ElementsonDisplay

SensualTextures

Revealingtextureinasubjectgivesita

substancethattakesitadimensionbe-

yondbareshapeorpattern.Lightand

shadowcancreatetheimpressionoftex-

tureinblack-and-whitephotographs,but

textureemergesat

itsmostsensuous

onlyincolor.Richlytexturedsurfacesare

loadedwithfascinatingeye-arresting

de-

tail,andwhentheyarephotographed

withcolorfilm—especiallyslowcolorfilm

inwhichdetailsareenhancedbyafine-

grainemulsion

—

everynuanceofshade

helps

to

conveytherealityoftheoriginal.

Color

accentuatesthecool,sleeksurfacesofa

swirlof

helleboreleavesthatcoversthefloorofa

forestintheNorthCascadesofWashington

stateThevariedgreen

tonesalsoseparatethe

plants

from

oneanotherandfromtheir

background,revealingthemasindividuallysculpted

andstriatedbotanicalbeauties

STANLEYRSMITHFalse

Hellebore, 1975