This is a composition using basic geometric shapes with varied sizes, rotations, and local color values (e.g. black, white, gray, tan). A strong sidelight was used to enable the shapes to cast shadows. The shadows help repeat the shapes. The area surrounding the white cube was made to be an intentional focal point by: 1) overlapping the white corner in front of the big gray cube, 2) arranging the dark black cube to cast its shadow on the face of the white cube with a diagonal angle, 3) the size of the white cube, and 4) creating the greatest number of value shifts including the cast shadow the white sphere.

After selecting the photo, all four sides were cropped to simplify the composition. The scale/size of the large black cube on the left was reduced to create a more interesting relationship to the white cube, and to subordinate it.