<span>These atomized bands of stuttering chromatic pulses, interrupted by light gray, create paths across the canvas suggesting the city's grid, the movement of traffic, and blinking electric lights, as well as the rhythms of jazz.</span>
I don’t know the context of your assignment, but here:
The photographer used cropping in this composition for a close up of a woman’s face. This composition aligns and has a point of action that leads toward the woman’s head , having a leading line with the woman’s scarf that leads you to the focal point. The photographer wanted to maintain the woman’s face as the subject and main aspect of the photo, leaving negative space and isolating the subject.
What color is your furniture , and what color is your wall?