Teju Cole’s article for the New York Times titled  Joel Meyerowitz’s Career Is a Minihistory of Photography, was an interesting look at the way a photographer uses composition, as well as the technicalities of a and ‘limits’ of a camera. Cole goes into detail, almost as an english teacher would with a work of literature, to interpret the composition of the images he chose for the article. He describes Meyerowitz’s choice of positioning, the people in the scene, the moment of capture, how the camera qualities were used to capture an image, whether that be to add emphasis to certain aspects or to blend them with the background and rest of the scene. This image especially drew me in because of the composition and the smoke of the image, and it was just a really interesting image altogether. Cole also takes a dive into what Meyerowitz’s vision may have been and the ideas that are trying to be portrayed, depending on the way each photograph was shot, commenting on its straight forward nature, but also the ability to hold ones attention and draw them in with all the other expressions and things going on in the image. 

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