Unions in photography

Definition in dictionary:

UNION
noun: union; plural noun: unions; noun: the Union

  1. the action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context.“he was opposed to closer political or economic union with Europe”
    Similar: unification uniting joining merging merger fusion fusing

Examples of some types of unions that could be used in photography:

Elaboration on points on the mind map:

Human relationships: This type of union would be examples of connections between other people. this could be holding hands, family moments and groups of friends. To involve this in a photoshoot you could take portrait images of certain subjects together or get in the moment shoots of people interacting together naturally.

Historical Unions: This type of union would be examples of historical buildings, objects or places. This can be used in a photoshoot by focussing on one historical movement and capturing photographs of everything that relates to this moment of time. For example taking photoshoots of the castles around jersey.

Unions between opposites: This type of union shows how opposites are united together and paired together. for examples light and dark are seen as a pair as they are the opposite of each other. This can be used in photography by creating juxtaposing images of both sides of the opposing words and showing how they are able to work together though being complete opposites.

Old and New: This type of union is similar to the opposites as old and new are opposite to each other. This shoot would focus on factors such as buildings where you can photograph old buildings compared to new buildings. This shoot could also be applied to people where you can photograph old photographs and compare them with the person being older in a newer photograph.

Natural Unions: This type of union is a relationship with nature such as plants of animals. This can also be applied to the relationship between human and nature and how the interact.

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