Gestalt Theory: Laws of Continuity and Figure Ground in Photography

Gestalt Theory Project
Name of the Student

Gestalt Theory
Gestalt theory highlights human mind and the behavior as a whole. It even focus on
the fact that human mind not just focus on the small components instead focuses an
object as a part of a complex system (Koffka, 2013).

Laws of Gestalt Theory
In this study, Gestalt theory will be used to fulfill the goal of learning photography.
The 2 laws with which will be used for the establishment of continuity are: law of
figure ground and law of continuity.

Laws of Gestalt Theory
Law of figure and ground- in a photo where a person dives off a cliff. What is actually the
real subject? Is it the person diving off the cliff or the incredible sky?
Law of continuity- a visual tension can be created if a cowboy is placed at the edge of a
frame and having him looked towards somewhere outside the screen or the frame (Zakia,
2013).