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Study the geometry of the frame. From the Golden Ratio to radical Modernist cropping, explore the structural "bones" that guide the eye and give an image its lasting impact.

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Master the Frame.

Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to composition
Extending reality
2Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds
3C.M. Coolidge: US patent No. 149,724, Processes of Taking Photographic Pictures (1874)
4Clarisse d'Arcimoles: Forget Nostalgia - A Little Theatre of Self (2012)
5Introduction to foregrounds
6Backgrounds: Transportation
7Studio painted backgrounds for daguerreotypes
Frames within frames
8Framing within frames
9Foregrounds: Windows

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