Line and Shape

Photography by John Fass

 

Above:  Train for 1964 New York World's Fair. Route from Times Square to the fairgrounds

 

Many of John Fass' 35mm transparencies explore fundamental components of design, such as shape, form, texture, and line.  His best images are as carefully composed as his letterpress designs.

John viewed his surroundings with eyes that were finely tuned to visual elements other people often overlooked.

 

 

 Above: Seagram Building in New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Above:  Trucks on a Brooklyn dock

 

 

 

 

 

Above: 1964 New York World's Fair

  

 Above: 1964 New York World's Fair

 

 

Above: Mending nets at Gloucester, Massachusetts

 

 

Above: Boats at Gloucester, Massachusetts

 

 
 Above: Rope at Gloucester, Massachusetts