Inspired by a lesson taught in the Bauhaus by Wassily Kandinsky called "Analytical Drawing" where he had his students look at a still-life and draw only the objects' structural network and compositional gridwork, I shot images—mostly building facades—that possessed strong structural networks and compositional lines. I then mapped out the compositional lines with graphic tape on gelatin silver photo paper prior to printing, which when removed after printing, left me white lines to fill with color. I chose red, yellow, and blue in accordance to Kandinsky's theory of "Universal Correspondence" where the three basic shapes—triangle, square, and circle—inherently correspond to their three respective colors: yellow, red, and blue.
You can also view my genesis notes and process sketches.
: 8" x 8", pen, gelatin silver print
: 6" x 10", pen, gelatin silver print
: 8" x 10", pen, gelatin silver print