Untitled (River, Hong Kong or Macau, China)
1870
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1870
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a quiet river winding through lush green hills, framed by trees and misty mountains in the distance. Most early photographers copied the balanced compositions of landscape paintings. Floyd broke the rules by centering the river, letting its curves pull your eye deep into the scene. The effect feels more like a snapshot than a posed painting. To see how other 19th-century photographers framed nature, look up *england, 19th century*.
