In Riboud’s “Camera-Shy” series, this photo was taken in Red Square in 1957. The photo is curious, because it uses edge activation. The subject is close to the camera, and is slightly blurred, giving it the essence of being rushed-in at and invaded. The subjects of the photo are placed off-centre as well, giving it a better feeling of motion (use of rule of thirds). The man in the mid-ground portion of the image stares back confidently at the camera. His juxtaposition next to the blurred man covering his face heightens the effect of hiding, because the two subjects contrast each other. Speaking in painter’s terms, the photo is somewhat like an impressionist painting, because although the picture is a portrait, the subjects are not posing. At the left side of the image a women eyes are half-closed and lips are pursed in a way that suggests that she was captured mid-sentence. To the right in the background of people, a man smiles and his gaze is off to the side. The positioning of the two main subjects demonstrates use of diagonal lines. This in turn feeds a sense of heightened interest capturing. The photography could have instead aligned the men in a horizontal line across the page, though this would have made the picture seem blander. When looking for balance, the photographer managed to capture it through the use of both organic and geometric lines. The direction of the geometric lines on the building helps stay consistent with the diagonal line feel (the helps add in to the sense of emotion). The people and buildings in the far background of the photo are blurry and add depth to the image. Overall the piece, in my opinion is well composed, and had been taken with surprising good quality, considering the cameras available at the time.