Design Principles - Study Task 4

For this task I decided to look at publication spreads that specifically featured people in the foreground. 

In this spread, the picture bleeds on to two pages rather than keeping confined to one. This means that as its a bigger part of the spread, the readers eye is drawn to it, a sure fire way of making something the focal point of  spread.

 In this example, it looks like the figure has been painted with a red stripe which incorporates him seamlessly with the background design. This keeps him in focus as that intense splash of colour draws the readers eye to him and what i assume is a direct quote underneath.

In this image, like the first, the portrait i think kind of bleeds slightly on to the second page, definitely making her the focal point of the image but the use of black and white imagery means that her face is the lightest part of the image, drawing the readers eye and separating her from the background.

However, looking through a lot of publications, this is just one of the few ways to separate background from the foreground/ clearly establish a background and foreground but i think the use of colour and and bleed are one of the most effective ways of doing this.