{"id":97986,"date":"2018-06-21T22:45:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T05:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/arabesque-street-photography-composition\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T00:10:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T07:10:39","slug":"arabesque-street-photography-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/arabesque-street-photography-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"Arabesque Street Photography Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m more and more inspired by the “Arabesque” (curved) composition, especially in street photography!<\/p>\n

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What is an arabesque composition?<\/h2>\n
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To start off, “Arabesque<\/a>” comes from the word “Arab”, denoting the floral designs from the Arab, middle eastern world. “Esque” means similar, or like.<\/p>\n

So the arabesque is any design which is similar to, or mimcs these “Arab” designs, which are elegant, free flowing, dynamic, curved, and have lots of movement:<\/p>\n

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## Why is the arabesque beautiful, or desirable to create in our photographs?<\/p>\n

To me, photography is art. To me the purpose of art is to give us more appreciation of life and being alive.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, to inspire us to make our own artwork!<\/p>\n

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I have seen and witnessed the arabesque (curve) composition executed well in film, cinema (7 Samurai by Akira Kurosawa, or any of his films), and very successfully by Guy Le Querrec.<\/p>\n

My suggestion: look for the arabesque compositions in photography and great classic cinema. Nowadays the only photographers whose work I study or admire are Magnum photographers, especially the old school guys. Like David Seymour Chim:<\/p>\n

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Another idea: study the compositions of Dr. Seuss!<\/p>\n

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Or study Michelangelo<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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o shoot the arabesque in street photography, my suggestion is to first of all, study photographers who do the arabesque well. Then, just try to do it in real life!<\/p>\n

Look for the heads or body positions of people in a curved shape and form, and try it out for yourself!<\/p>\n

Experiment and have fun,<\/p>\n

ERIC<\/p>\n

To learn how to create more dynamic street photography compositions, join me at one of my upcoming workshops<\/a>, where I can teach you how to do this in real life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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