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| | It's Hip to Be Square The Aesthetics of Square Format by Gary Mortensen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | In the early part of the 20th century, though, painters began to use the square canvas, often for abstract images, to the extent that square pictures are not uncommon in galleries of modern painting. |
 | | Many of Richard Avedons square portraits are an example of this latter aesthetic, where additional white space at the sides of the subject is included in the final print, serving a purpose more artistic than utilitarian. |
 | | A square portrait is, in itself, a break from tradition, and it seems to me that the way the subject floats within the square frame can evoke a feeling of isolation, as in the work of Arbus and Avedon. |
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