[Abstract Composition (Handrail)]

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[Abstract Composition (Handrail)]

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American Photographer · 1893–1982

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> What I want above all in photography is to compose the image as I do with paintings. It is necessary that the volumes, lines, the shadows and light obey my will and say what I want them to say. And this under the strictest control of composition, because I do not try either to tell about the world or to tell about my thoughts. All that I know and the way in which I know it is made above all of a

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Date: about 1930
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Although most of Florence Henri's work with still life and portraiture was accomplished in the studio, she also ventured into the Paris streets and along the banks of the Seine in search of subject matter. Here, the lack of sharpness makes the handrails seem only fanciful shapes, while she gives sharp attention to the gritty texture of the sloping pavement.

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