I chose this image taken by Cunningham because she has taken a photograph of flower, which is an object popularly photographed due to it's representation of life and growth and she has added strong contrasting tones to highlight the form of flowers. I think that flowers are an interesting object to photograph within form photography because there are so many varieties and therefore they all hold different forms. For example, here each of the three flowers holds a different form because this is the way that they have naturally grown. Imogen has consciously presented the flowers in the light of such contrasting tones (bright whites and dark greys etc) to hide areas which were not important. I think that she is trying to encourage viewers to look at the smooth and unique form that the flowers hold rather than the details such as the colour of them or the details on the petals because we rarely acknowledge the natural shape each flower has and instead, we look at if it 'looks pretty'. The flowers all smooth and spiral shaped. I think that the close compact of the flowers create an all round more interesting effect than if we were looking at just a single flower. The dark background makes the white flowers stand out more.
I chose this image from my selection of form/shape images to present the similarities between our work. Although the flowers in my image are a small amount brighter, it is easy to see the similarity between the extreme contrasted tones in each image. I also like this image of mine because the other flowers in the background are blurred, similar to Cunningham's work where the flowers further towards the back are less visible. You therefore focus on one or two individual flowers rather than a whole bunch (which we may be used to seeing more rather than singular flowers). Again, the dark background makes the flowers in the foreground stand out better due to the extreme contrast.
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