There are a lot of reasons as to why I find this picture beautiful, I think it carries a big message and makes you think about what is happening behind this picture. Theres obvious contrast between the black riot gear of the police and the white heart shaped balloon, which is one of the main reasons its a beautiful picture but there are also some gestalt principles in play here, the law of similarity and the law of proximity are in play here with the riot police, we obviously know they are all together as a group and assume that some opposition is also there or else they wouldn't be.

Context also plays an important role in this photo, without context we can come up with all sorts of ideas to the story behind this photo but when context is added it gives it a whole different meaning. This photo was taken after a small child at a protest in Romania made it and gave it to the riot officer, the fact that the officer kept almost communicates that he doesn't necessarily agree with what the Government is doing but he has a job he has to perform.

Im not sure who took this photo but I love it, there are many aspects of this photo that work together to make it beautiful and like was explained in class, no one aspect can stand alone and be beautiful, you need contrast. The contrast between the left mountain and the right was immediately one of the first things I noticed, the way the clouds are rolling on the left mountain and its covered by shade to make it dark while the right side is vivant and bright creates meaning in the photo. Another aspect of this photo that catches the eye is the symmetry from the mountains reflecting on the water. Noty to mention how line is used to take the viewer down the passage of the river, these lines being the canoe until the bow and then also the line of the river on the mountain makes the viewer follow it.