Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray the concept of an old Paris staircase. In the center of this photo is a winding staircase with brace or wood arm railings with intricate designs on them. At the end of the hallway to the left of the stairs is a closed door and to the right are old trunks or boxes and a statue. Eugene Atget is able to capture the beauty within a simple staircase. This photo makes me feel like I am looking at an old castle or someone’s house that was important during a different era. The door at the end of the hallway intrigues me and makes me wonder about what is behind the close door. Eugene Atget is able to capture the formal elements of color, lines and emphasis within his picture. The picture is taking in black and white or middle gray and different lines are seen throughout the picture such as vertical lines on the ceiling, horizontal lines made with the stairs and curved lines made with the arches and winding staircase. Atget places emphasis on the staircase by placing them in the center of the picture with nothing else in the center and by having the light coming from the windows shine directly on the stairs.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray a cirques building in his photo titled Cirque Zanfretta. In this photo, there is a building with a sign titled Cirque Zanfretta with two horses and a cirques tamer in the center. On the front side of the building are two horses rearing up towards each other and on the left and right of the roof are two three-dimensional horse faces. This photo makes me feel like a little kid and excited about going to the cirques and it makes me wonder what animals and what is going to happen in this cirques. Eugene Atget uses lines, color and emphasis. Horizontal,vertical and curved lines are present on the building, the picture is taken in black and white or middle gray and the picture is zoomed in on the cirques building and no people are present drawing your attention away from the building.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray a fashion store window with four women wearing coats. In this photo, four women are standing looking off to the side in all different directions wearing long coats, there is a closed umbrella leaning up against the class and a reflection of the building across the street is visible on the glass. This photo makes me feel like like I am in a different time period because of the type of shoes and coats they are wearing and it makes me feel like I am passing the store as I walk down the street. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of color which is black and white or middle gray, space because all four women are evenly spaced out, and reflection which is of the building across the road.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray a young girl outside a building. In this photo, a young girl in a white dress in standing to the left of a building, the building has the number 5 in the center and two windows with the shutters open surround the number 5. This photo makes me feel like I am in a different country and like I am looking through my grandmother's photo album from when she was a little girl. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of color because the photo is taken in black and white or middle gray, texture because the photo appears to be grainy and framing with the little girl standing in the door frame.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray the beauty of Luxembourg. To the left in the picture are three statues of women. In the back of the picture is an old building with a tree in front of it and to the left. This photo makes me feel like a tourist visiting this building in Luxembourg. It also makes me wonder who used to live there or what the building was used for. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of color because the photo was taken in black or white or middle gray, lines that are horizontal, vertical and curved made with the building and space with the evenly spaced statues.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray a unique door knocker. In his photo there is the face of a lion in the center holding two snakes in it’s mouth. The snakes are holding a metal ball between their mouths. This photo makes me feel like someone very important and powerful lived or worked behind the door and shows beauty within something that is often overlooked. Eugene Atget uses the formal element of simplicity by moving in close to the door knocker, color because the door is a bronze color, and texture because the texture of the snake is visible on it’s back.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray the entryway to a hotel. In his photo there is a big door with a little entry door open that leads to into an outdoor area. On top of the door the number 47. This photo makes me feel like I am a tourist visiting this hotel and makes me wonder what the rest of the hotel is as beautiful as the doorway. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of lines which are horizontal, vertical and curved made by the door, color because the photo was taken in black and white or middle gray and expansive depth of field because the entire photo is in focus.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray the beauty of a simple boat. In his photo there is a boat on the side of the river. Grass surrounds the boat and trees surround the boat that grow from the water and on the land. This photo makes me wonder about who owns the boat and it makes me realize that beauty can come from the simplest things. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of color because the photo was taken in black and white or middle gray, rule of thirds with the placement of the boat and reflection with the boat and trees reflecting onto the water.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray the beauty of lily pads. In his photo there are dozens of lily pads floating on water. There are flowers floating on the water and other flowers are floating on the lily pads. This photo makes me realize how beautiful nature truly is and makes me want to visit this place. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of color because the photo was taken in black and white or middle gray, reflection because the water shows the reflection from the trees surrounding it and Eugene Atget uses expansive depth of field because all the lily pads are in focus and not blurry.
Within this photo, Eugene Atget is able to portray the beauty of an old room. In this photo there is a mantel with a mirror inside it. Through the mirror, you can see a small couch with a cloth over it to protect it and to the right of the couch are six chairs with cloth over them pushed up against the wall. This photo makes me feel like I am in an old room where someone had died. The photo makes me wonder about who used to live in the house and what they were like. Eugene Atget uses the formal elements of color because the photo was taken in black and white or middle gray, he used lines that are vertical, horizontal, and curved and he used framing with the mantel around the mirror.
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