Linear Motif refers to how any photo can basically reduce to simple lines.
I generally like taking photos of architecture, because the repetition of lines and figures, as well as the symmetry amaze me. I feel like it also trains you how to take photographs which are symmetrical as it is very important to at least be able to balance your composition. (I hate it when I ask random people on the street to help me take a photo and there is too much headroom, not symmetrical, cutting at joints etc… just. come on.)
For this assignment, I chose to take something which had repetitive lines (again). This is taken at West Hall.
This image tries to construct a very solid repetition by the elements in the photos, where viewers will find the photo simple yet symmetrical.
The linear motif for this photo is basically the vertical lines as composed by the windows and doors, as well as the slanting line created by the corridor. The motif is clear in a way because the windows, lights, doorway are all of regular shapes and occurred regularly in a pattern. By rotating the angle of the photo to make the lines symmetrical to the border of the photo (in short, to make it symmetrical), it further accentuates the linear motif of it.
The linear motif of the photo can be seen more clearly in the Threshold version of the photo.
