Week 11: Illusion of Space

The illusion of motion in this photograph is created by depicting the transient. A bullet piercing through a line up of Crayola Crayons is something impossible for the eye to catch. The bullet’s speed is too fast for even our most concentrated focus to pick up clearly. The photograph captures this split of a second in a way that no human eye can. One can see as well as feel the bullet piercing through time and space while the photograph remains completely still.





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A two dimensional photograph of the Nave of Canterbury Cathedral provides only an ounce of the spectacular greatness one would feel while actually standing in this space. The photographer clearly conveys the idea as well as the feeling of spaciousness, and depth. Even though this is not any grander than a piece of white lined paper in that it is a completely flat image. In this photograph, linear perception is a device used to show depth. As the parallel lines in the walls of the architecture recede, they appear to meet at the vanishing point on the horizon line. This is emphasized even more by the triangular arch of the structure, and the vanishing point is at the very tip of which the two sides of the structure meet. The parallel rows of worshipers also work to provide lines pointing to the vanishing point of the image.











The Nave of Canterbury Cathedral
- Photographed by Michael St. Maur Sheil









This photograph shows how exaggerated size can be used as a device to show depth. The Roman statue in the foreground of the photograph is exaggerated in size by the angle of the photographers shot.








The Great Bath, in Britain
-Photographed by Patrick Ward