Curves in High Key Nautile Negatif

Ed Willis Barnett

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Dancers, Roy DeCarava, gelatin silver print
Press print with caption "(AXM-1) AMERICUS, GA., Aug. 3-TROOPER BLOCKS PICKET-A Georgia state trooper blocks the path of a Negro picket in Americus Monday as demonstrators tried to march on the sidewalk contrary to police orders. Seconds later a white man, right, slapped out at picket Sammy Rushing, 19, striped shirt behind girl, The pickets were arrested on trespassing charges. (APWirephoto) (jtm/bh30600stf/dm) 1965 SEE AP WIRE STORY"
A color photograph of fall leaves lit with the light from setting sun. In the background are seen small portions of varying tones of the blurry sky, dark almost black tree branches and some green leaves of another tree. The foreground is dominated by multicolor fall leaves appearing in tones of red, orange, green, blue, purple and yellow.
A vertical composition in which an angular white church with a tall steeple is centrally positioned in front of a deep, narrow valley flanked by dark blue and black mountains. The outer edges of the steeple and ridges of the uppermost mountains are highlighted with an acidic yellow, suggesting an unseen light source beyond the picture plane.