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.
Alexander wanted to make the United States a better place as a country and a nation. Alexander firmly believed that no country could become a modern nation without industry.