Peter Keetman was born in 1916 in Munich and died in 2005 but in his life he left a legacy of photography which started in 1935 and passed a masters craftsman diploma in 1948. In 1949 Keetman joined a group of photographers that revolutionised photography in the 50's and 60's.  He was a central figure in German post-war modern photography, and the exhibition World through a Creative Camera – The Life’s Work of a Photographer is the largest survey of his work to date.

From the artist about line- With this image, I took it a tray above the previous piece of work and once again it creates great depth. The addition of shadows within the image makes great contrast to the shiny nature of the metal. The line forms within the photo are all very straight which I believe makes the image very visually appealing as the different lines draw our eyes into several different places.

In these photos I see different variations of lines being demonstrated throughout multiple items, some of them are to do with cars, a window with raindrops and the others are hidden within items. It makes me realise that lines are powerful and we use them a lot in our everyday lives because we are constantly surrounded by them everywhere we go. I think the photographer is trying to communicate the message of together we are strong because one line cant hold up something it needs multiple to hold anything up. The images communicates this message from the 3rd and 4th image because they relate to that aspect of the message the photographer is trying to get across. The emotions represented are calm, relaxed and mind easing. I would like to know where the first two items come from as its hard to justify what they could be. I like the third, fourth and fifth image as it shows a controversy towards the lines people think about straight away for example, zebra crossing and opens their minds to the different possibilities. I dislike that on the second image the angle is tilted so you can’t really make out where the lines cross and the reflection doesn’t really show the aspect of line either. I think the fourth image has been achieved by going to a bridge over a road at night and taking an image without flash so you can really shine the light through the darkness, which gives of the message of “light in the darkness” because at that point that was the only source of light. I would take the idea of the close-ups and being more adventurous in the way I go about line.

The first photo looks like the photographer has taken the image from either a park or a work place to get the specific curves, which the ones in front are darker compared to the ones in the back which are more lighter which could be the flashes fault. The second photo shows a zoom in to what looks like a chain kind of effect as it reminds me of gears when they pass each other, there has been shadows reflected onto the items. The third image looks like it has been taken from either a building or a bench because it represents that sort of form/shape, and the criss cross pattern makes it look more stable, more powerful to be together. The fourth image has been taken at night to represent the little light in darkness it shows a different perspective of how you can interpret line, even though you can’t really see the cars, it’s the first image that comes to mind when you see this photo. The fifth photo is the most different out of all of them because its not an actual object its natural, I feel like I’ve represented his style of photos in my own work with my own little spin on them.