[Photo By: AA]
My aunt in New York sent me this photograph of blossoms in New York. We're still waiting for this burst of color in Toronto!
I think the image is perfect. The focus of the image, the blossom tree, is off-center (which is one of the cardinal rules of photography). The dry patch under the tree, grassless and plantless, isolates the tree from its surroundings, adding to its importance, and making it the subject of the photograph. The tree is cropped on three sides sides giving it a larger scope by letting the flowers spill out into the surroundings (outside the frame of the image). The background building adds a grid structure to the contrasting, chaotic forms of the branches and flowers. It also frames the top floral section. So it isn't the whole tree that is the subject, but its upper flowering branches. And these flowers look like the wind might blow them away, as does happen during the fleeting weeks of spring blossoms. The building also juxtaposes nature with architecture, as is inevitable in a city. Yet, it seems that nature might be winning, at least during these months of regeneration. We can see the full trunk of the tree, with the small shrubs and flowers at its base. The tree is thus grounded despite the unruly branches and flowers. The path shows human presence, under the strict architectural and impersonal grid of the building. The photograph is taken slightly pointing up, technically to capture as much of the tree as possible. This angle adds further dynamism to the image, giving us the view of an ephemeral human glance, and the presence of the photographer.
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Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat
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