I was walking through one of Zurich’s former industrial estates the other day and, once again, noticed something quite peculiar about the architecture. It all looks a lot more interesting the moment you tilt your head and look at the various constructions from an unusual or dare I even say unfamiliar angle.
Some might call this cheating, but is tilting your head, or rather the viewer’s head really cheating? I really rather doubt it. After all, it has to do with how the photographer conceived and visualised the image in the first place and with nothing much else. So, the next time you’re at a loss whether or not to change the perspective or angle of an otherwise quite ordinary looking picture, remember Garry Winogrand‘s fine words on the subject matter: ”If I see something in my viewfinder that looks familiar to me, I will do something to shake it up”.
Happy snapping!
