IMAGE ESSAY NUMBER FOUR: Juxtapose
To juxtapose is to place something either in or on something else in order to show a comparison. In this image I like how the photographer used juxtaposition to inclue not only the ceramic piece on the wall but also the broken piece smashed onto the ground. Without the broken piece on the bottom the piece could seem incomplete. Yes, the top half looks as if something was broken off of it, but without the bottom half of the image to confirm that something was broken, would you care? Without either piece the composition would be utterly boring and you would feel as if you were missing half of the image or information. With juxtaposion you are complleteling an image without overly doing so. Usually the other half is neccessary to make the picture make more sense. Unless you are going for the whole think outside of the box, juxtoposition could be very helpful to you.