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JOEL MEYEROWITZ, St. LOUIS

Spinning Chirstmas Tree, New York City, 1977

Considering himself as a ‘street photographer’ this piece of work is unusual to be showing up in his collection of photographs. This photo was clearly taken with a slow shutter speed, capturing most of the colourful light but blurring the ornaments and lights.  Although Pattern is suppose to create a sense of unity, in this case it opposes that; there are multiple different patterns showing up throughout the photograph, however they are all different. The different patterns are 'fighting’ one another and just create conflict in the photograph. The converging lines of the two walls meeting together draw your eyes straight to the focal point: the tree.