Line and pattern Research

Max Dupain

(1911-1992) is regarded as one of Australia's greatest photographers. He stressed simplicity and directness in his work, creating images of sharp focus, boldness and graphic composition. He was one of the earliest and most outstanding champions of modernism in Australia.

Sydney Opera House 

In this image Dupain took of the opera house he has chose his compisition very smartly, he has used a low vantage point and placed the subject in the middle of the frame. The way he composed this image allowed the 3 points of each roof top to become a pattern and also a leading line , there is also pattern in the structure of the building which dupain has captured beautifully.

Stairwell, ANZ Regional Proof Centre, Lidcombe, August 1975

In another architectual image by Dupain he has chosen a high vantage point looking down a staircase the rail is a leading line that leads you around the image and the stair case steps are pattern aswell as the texture patterns on the wall.

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau 14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He was a champion ofhumanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson a pioneer of photojournalism.

This image displays pattern with the two boys hand standing and the pavement, also line of the buildings in the back, the lines are tilted but i think thats because its a hill. Also pattern in the window. the two boys are placed in in the middle of the frame slightly slanted and there seems to be a slight vignette,

In this image the pattern is the stairs as well as leading lines the staircase is on the right of the rule of thirds, there is also pattern in the fence on the left and the walls. 

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/max-dupain

http://thesnapassembly.tumblr.com/post/65086128493/architecture-sydney-opera-house-at-40-by-nick