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Miller Soda Fountain by Joseph Judd Pennell Joseph Judd Pennell Miller Soda Fountain
Photograph

Scanning Questions:

  1. Name four different shapes that you see.
  2. Is there a wide range of values from dark to light, or are they all about the same value?
  3. Besides straight, vertical lines, what kinds of lines do you see?
  4. Other than the shapes of the stools, what shapes do you see repeated?
  5. Where does your eye go first when you look at this picture?
  6. Why does it go there first?
  7. Is this a recent photograph or was it taken a long time ago?
  8. What clues do you have about when the photograph was taken?
  9. Although the people in the picture aren’t moving, what creates a feeling of liveliness and energy?
  10. Compare and contrast the subject and composition of these two photographs.
    detail: Maple leaf Festival by Jon Blumb