Before&After: Use Horizontal Image Strips to Make Your Design Stronger
This website uses a horizontal image strip that anchors the design.
This website uses a horizontal image strip that anchors the design. It’s a beautifully restrained device that has several attributes not evident at a glance. This 20-page article from issue 50 of Before&After Magazine illustrates how images in a strip organize, focus and express — with unexpected versatility.

We’ll look at the many ways images are mixed, matched, cropped and arranged. The surprise is how much can be done in a simple strip.

© John McWade/Before&After Magazine, courtesy of Gaye Anne McWade.
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