Artwork is from Etsy shop ArtPhotosDiana.

Angles in this image create its dynamism. A pastiche can be a confused jumble, or a medley of compatible elements. Here, striking blue against bright white and grey are colors that compliment, and straight lines and sharp geometry emphasize architecture as art. Of course, architecture is art (or it can be), and art of art can be artful indeed. The offset left panel eliminates what otherwise could be a dull symmetry in this image.

Windows take many forms and are a basic quality of any photograph. Whether a rectangle, circle, or square (which this image is), a photograph is a window, or an eye, peering into a realm. Here we're peering into eyes which return the gaze, sort of. These eyes are a bit superior, staring not directly at us but a bit above us.

EFAP Team Member Name: Murray Bolesta
Team Member Shop: MurrayBolesta

Artwork is from Etsy shop Anna Muhhina.

It happens all the time; the countless hours of the day that we travel through our activities with a mind that is absorbed and our attention turned inward. What is there to see, any way? It's a path traveled every day. There is nothing new in this physical space that is particularly noteworthy. It is an ordinary landscape that contains nothing that would remotely be considered a feast for the eyes. 

But there it is. How did it go unnoticed on every other day? Was it the different light? Or an angle that hid this incredible juxtaposition of elements?

No matter. It is here now and that is all that matters. An incredible contrast of rounded edges and straight lines, dark tones next to light, perpendicular lines share space with angles. The strength of concrete sits in front of the fluidity of water. And the composition within this real estate is cut into spaces that range from pencil thin to block like rectangles. 

It is still ordinary.....and yet is it so very interesting now that it's been found.

EFAP Team Member Name: Pat Migliore

Team Member Shop: RoselightStudio

Artwork is from Etsy shop Diana Pappas.

Madrid is the capital of Spain, but the capital of style may very well be Barcelona, where this image was captured. 

People and fashion offer some of the finest opportunities for true fine art photography. This image has both. Composition and its sibling, balance, are intuited by the artist, as seen here in fine form.

The evocative quality of an artful 'people' image such as this speaks volumes; it piques the imagination; it raises questions. Who is this man? Where is he going, or, where has he been, and why is he alone? What's the occasion for what appears to be a tuxedo? Why is such a stylish gentleman taking the Barcelona "metro" instead of a taxi or limousine?

The fedora hat is classical 1940s style (unless I am over my hatless head, it's not part of the 'Mad Men' era which the Etsy item description mentions: the 1960s witnessed narrower brims. A mere technicality!). Definitely, the hat is classical in any age, on the right man, and it's dressing up this artwork. 

The hat is covering the subject's eyes.

Why cover the eyes? Because the eyes speak other volumes which you may not want to have in this story. You want the imagination to wander. You want the gentleman to be perhaps more of an allegory than an individual. You want him to be mysterious. The eyes reveal too much, sometimes.

EFAP Team Member Name: Murray Bolesta
Team Member Shop: MurrayBolesta