Shape Brandt

Brandt uses negative space as a stark contrast to the woman's skin and body, the dark part of the image is her her hair and the space she does not make up in the picture this makes the shape of the image stand out as the white part of the image is where ones eyes are

immediately drawn to and therefore the shape is the first thing we notice about the image. the composition of the image is interesting because there are only two distinct colours in the picture apart from the difference in tone but because black and white are the first colours you see it makes the picture more interesting in tone and composition.