The Art of photography

Straight-edgedexceptforitssinglecurving

boundary,thiscombinationot

patternsand

shapesofshadowscomprisesanintricatevisual

fugueinthestudyatrightCounterbalancing

designsmakeamystery

ofthe

subject's

identity

Sensuoustextureandcomplex,shadowed

forms

dominatethispictureofsandstoneatPointLobos,

California,whosewater-sculptedrockshave

fascinatedcountlessphotographers

Herethe

ohotographerhasproduceda studyinhigh

contrasts,ignoringtheoverallshapeoftherock.

PAULSTRANDShadow

Patterns, 1916