Who are the masters of square composition?

[SuzanneR]

Rosalind Fox Solormon, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Michal Chelbin and Keith Carter to name a few...

 

[Sirius Glass]

1. Look at the subject without the camera.
2. Look through the viewfinder.
3. Compose in the viewfinder just like you would do with any other camera.
4. Review the print, and think about how you could make it better.

 

[Vaughn]

From the past, I would suggest Eugene Meatyard. I visited him at his home in Kentucky in 1960 and was treated to a collection of powerful and well-crafted 8x8 photographs. A talented man, Gene died too young.

My professor's favorite photographer, but then he used a Rollei and loved to do street portraits, and photograph family, and people in general. I have to admit that Meatyard was an influence even on this landscape photographer...

Calder, No Fear of Flying
Polaroid SX-70, 1997

 

[Black Dog]

1. Look at the subject without the camera.
2. Look through the viewfinder.
3. Compose in the viewfinder just like you would do with any other camera.
4. Review the print, and think about how you could make it better.

That's all sound advice. Lois Greenfield described using the square format as counterintuitive, but often counterintuitive really works.

 

[Pieter12]

Arthur Tress.

Me.

An interesting thing Arthur Tress does in his later work is to rotate the camera 45º presenting the images as a diamond shape.

 

[cliveh]

Bill Brandt.

 

[logan2z]

Francesca Woodman

 

[dxqcanada]

Vivian Maier, who just took pictures of things.

 

[awty]

Francesca Woodman

I think she was on a whole different level, her pictures seem to defy boundaries.

 

[logan2z]

I think she was on a whole different level

Definitely. A pity that she died at such a young age.

 

[infrar3d]

Mimmo Jodice.

 

[Iris Fienhold]

Absolutely Larry Fink

 

[juan]

Thanks for the mention of Larry afink. I wasn’t familiar with him. Bought his book and found some new insights.

 

[baachitraka]

Absolutely Larry Fink

How was such a lighting possible?