4. Order and chaos co-exist A symmetrically arranged environment is disordered in William Eggleston’s exposed interior of a freezer.
5. Together and apart? Evidence of domestic harmony or the site of conflict? Nan Goldin’s beds are mute witnesses.
6. Differences contained Robert Frank’s use of a grid-like composition in this famous image serves to highlight the racial, class, age and gender differences which the photographer observed in the compartmentalised society of 1950s USA.
10. A ghostly presence Clarence John Laughlin - Vision in a Brick Wall , 1941 Laughlin’s double exposed image is unsettling partly because of the arrangement of the figure in relation to the huge expanse of brick wall and diagonally opposite the balcony. The entire image appears to be tipping down towards the left hand corner.
11. Compare and contrast Harry Callahan – Eleanor, Chicago 1953 Garry Winogrand – New York Zoo , 1964 Symmetrical Horizontals and verticals Order and logic Calm Asymmetrical Diagonals Dynamism and energy Tense