More is More

More Elliot Erwitt. I like his photography a lot so I looked through some other of his work.

 

USA. New Jersey. 1966. Allied Chemical.

This photo is quite interesting, not just because of the obvious scenario that is happening in the picture but because of the extreme symmetry. Everything from the lab coat uniform, the open doors, to the construction of this corridor It is extremely "clinical" and gives me an uncomfortable feeling. 

USA. Wyoming. 1954.

I thought this photo was cool.

Just joking, even though that is what I thought the reason I think this photo is "cool" is how both the train and the car are coming from a far away vanishing point. There is a symmetry here and it directly relates the car to the train. The car appears much cleaner because the train running parallel has a massive smoke cloud trail following it.

It looks like the train and the car are in line with each other which help to the effect.

The road and train track also do run parallel in this part.

Something else interesting about this photo is that it looks like it was shot out the back window of a car. The black bar at the top and bottom look like the back window frame of an old car.

GB. ENGLAND. Birmingham. 1991.

And of course I had to put another dog photo in. I like how Elliot Erwitt in this picture is playing with the fact that this breed of do looks like an old granny(the white hair does it). The granny dog is actually "standing" next to a real life granny. It is interesting how he relates humans and dogs by putting dogs on the level on the humans.