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Techniques1–2 hours

Duality

Duality is the frame built on two things in conversation — two faces, two figures, a statue and a passer-by, a poster and the person beneath it — echo or opposition held in a single composition. It is the thinking photographer's juxtaposition: not just two things near each other, but two things that rhyme.

The method: find one strong fixed element — a mannequin, a mural face, a statue, a shadow — and wait for its human counterpart to complete the pair.

Look for: matching poses, mirrored expressions, the real beside the represented, the living beside the fixed. The picture is the relationship between the halves, not either half alone.

Camera Settings

f/8 to hold both elements sharp. A fishing technique — set up on the fixed half and wait.

The Assignment

Find a fixed element (statue, poster, mannequin) and wait for a person to form a pair with it. One frame, two halves.

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