Paul Strand

Paul Strand is an American photographer, it is said that he helped define the canon of early American modernism and set its premium on the elegant print. In 1950 when he relocated to France, landscape, architecture and portraiture continued to inspire him to embody the spirit of his subjects in the very materials of the photographic print.
In Strand's exhibition for Photography and Film for the 20th century show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the images that he has presented in this are all small and around A5 in size. They have large frames, these can make them seem smaller than what they are.
In his architectural photos, there is a sense of repetition through the geometric shapes seen in the architecture, particularly with the perspective as the light enhances this with distinct light and dark areas making these patterns/repetition more noticeable. His work is in black and white, grayscale, this highlights the dark and light areas as there is no colour, the lighting also impacts on the light and dark areas in the images. In the images above you can see that Strand hasn't taken the photographs looking straight on at the subject but at an angle to give a different perspective, as though looking in at the scene before him, they can also be considered to be taken at eye level which enhances this feel of looking in at the scene.



Sources:
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pstd/hd_pstd.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-35823949