1. Photography- Element of Art: Shape
• Shapes can be
geometric or organic.
• Help break up the
space and give
definition.
Geometric shapes
Line: Electrical Coards
-help your eyes travel across
the ceiling like a road on a
map.
William Eggleston -contrasting colors of lines
American (Memphis, Tennessee, 1939) (white and black) break up
SF Moma Photography Collection the red.
2. Photography- Element of Art: Shape
• Organic Shapes
are irregular.
• Kidney bean shape
helps break up the
space.
• Your eyes follow
the round edges
and transition
Per Volquartz from dark to light.
Instruments of Death
Photoarts.com
3. 6 Word Digital Memoir- Shape
Geometric Shapes:
• Sunglasses-ovals &
circles/dots
• Word bubble-oval
All shapes help create
centers of interest.
-Your eyes travel from
the sunglasses to the
word bubble.
By: Brooke Nelson, grade 10
4. 6 Word Digital Memoir- Shape
Geometric shapes
• Cat ears-triangles
• Cat eyes-oval
• Whiskers, mouth-lines
Organic Shapes:
• Irregular shaped rocks
-The shapes help break up
the colors leading you to
look at the photograph By: Karen Thomas, grade 12
longer.