Image Essay 2: Juxtapostion

For week 2 we were researching how meaning changes when one juxtaposes an object near something else. In this piece by Filippo Ioco he decides to put 2 of the same images next to each other but change their composition slightly to obtain a different effect. He wanted to show their comparison and contrast. When looking at just the left side it seems very dark except for the very center of the flower. But when he puts the same exact flower next to it only surrounding it in white it creates a whole new meaning for the piece. One then starts to contrast the 2 and see how they are different and also the same. For our project we were required to juxtapose a circle, line and rectangle. The project seemed easy when there were only three elements spread far apart on a page but when more elements were added and they had to be placed right next to each other it was a little more difficult. When placing a black circle next to a black rectangle you could not just look at the shapes you are laying down in black but once they were glued down one also had to look at the shape the white negative space made as well. The same is also with this piece. When one looks at all the black they also have to consider the shape that is being made by the white and when you interchange the colors the piece brings on a whole new meaning just by juxtaposition.