In 1942, Rene Magritte tried to make an improvement of photograph technic with his

master piece titled La Predication. He showed the side of Belgium Culture with two women in
this picture. This picture can be seen and found in Brussel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
city. The size of this photo is not too large but with 8 x 5.7 cm, this picture can show us the
emotions of this picture. This picture also presented in black and white color printing which can
drive our feeling to fall in 1942.
Rene Magritte used the different technic to take this picture. If we see the detail of this
picture, in below side of this picture has a different shape with the other sides. The road in this
picture have a concave shape that make this picture so wide even the photographer took this
photo not really far from the object. It is un usual shape as we know which used before 1990s
history of photograph. I am sure that Rene Magritte used a different tool (lens) to take this
picture. I was born in 1994 and as I know, the concave lens or we also named it with fish eye lens
is just found in now day (after 2000). Or maybe the fish eye lens which provided the wide picture
is just an innovation that refer to Renes technique in 1942.
This photo also taken in outdoor with roadway photograph concept. The old lamp post, the
vegetation behind the fence in this picture show us the real situation of Brussel city in Belgium in
1942. Based on the caption on this picture, two women in this picture are Geogette Magritte and
her sister were hanging on a lamp post. In my opinion, the focus point of this picture is two
women in it. This also a unique side that I found in this picture. Two women in this picture show
us their happinesss sister relationship. They both wear the log dress with the different color. The
different side between two color will guide the audience to get much perspective. When I see
this picture, two women there have an opposite character with the light appear as a separator
between them. The opposite character also shown in their different pose. The women with the
dark dress look more attractive but the women with the light dr ess look more calm. There is my
perspective, I am sure you have your own too. This picture also presented the unique side. The
unusual pose in this picture is on their stability when their hanging on the lamp. The stable pose
is the hard part being a model of photograph. In this picture the women with the white dress
look more stable than women with the dark dress beside here even she just hung with one hand.
Here in the picture we can see it clearly that they are able to express their creativity to pose.
Their cheerful facial expressions indicate the free-spirit characteristic in which break the
stereotyping towards women who specifically wear formal attire who have strict culture, stiff and
do not have an idea to let loose. Magritte perfectly captured of the picture that showing the real
natural behavior on daily basis of human being on how they interact one to another, engaging
and merge as social being. The iconic photo is factual and realistic.
The composition position of this picture not really proportional. The focus point is in the
center of the picture but if I see the below side, the road isnt in a fit shape (not exactly in center).
In my advice, better the photograph know and notice the composition of the object of their
photos. The composition position also can be applied in any lens to get a better picture. The
brown dot stain on the left side of the picture shows that this is a restored picture from an old
negative film.