Beato

The piece that I liked best from the collection of Beato's work that we saw in class was the photograph Temple Street, Native Town, Nagasaki, 1863. What I like about this photograph is how the buildings come from the bottom left and right corners and lead you to the center of the photograph where your eye finds a set of stairs which leads you further into the photograph. The viewers eye never stops traveling through this photograph, which I find to be very pleasing. This photography reminds me of an image which I tried to capture while I was in South Africa. I like that the photograph really pulls you in and allows you to feel like you are there walking on the streets. Beato did a good job capturing lots of detail in his photographs, and has the right amount of contrast in them. I think that the hill in the background with the houses on it, really adds to the photography and it wouldn't have the same effect without these details.