This image is called Chicago Board of Trade II by Andreas Gursky. I chose to use his work for my image essay today because we talked about him in class yesterday when we were learning about color. We learned that Andreas Gursky uses triadic colors which are any colors the same distance apart on the color wheel. In this piece we can see yellow, orange, blue, purple, green and there are some lighter and darker parts such as black and white sections. I think that having the darker and lighter areas really makes the color stand out. Also there is a foreground, middleground and background. They are not highly defined like there foreground is not as dramatic as it could be but it is there. I like this piece because the colors are so rich and pure that they are bright and each one stands out. I also like this picture because as you get closer the people in the picture become more defined by skin tone and detail but far away everything is defined by a color and it doesnt look so much like a picture anymore but a painting.
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