two-lane--print source

*The eye is drawn right to left by the diagonal road, descending slightly. The composition is unbalanced.

*All of the weight seems to rest near the left bottom of the frame.

*The size of the car seems to give weight to the composition. The car’s size makes the other objects in the picture, the man for example, seem to be subordinate to it.

* The figures and the car are foregrounded. In the background, which takes up a good portion of the composition, there is rural countryside, above which is the horizon line.

* The three figures are grouped together in the lower left of the frame. This seems to suggest some solidarity within the group. Though, it should also be noted that even within this grouping, two figures are grouped closer together, leaving one figure slightly detached from the group.

My take: This is harking back to a classic car culture. The car says “classic.” The landscape says “Americana.” At the same time we sense an element of youth counter culture. This is most notable in the hair and clothing of the figures. Interestingly, the female looks somewhat androgynous. This is not playing up any idealized version of woman. The image seems to be stripped of idealization, even of the car culture it represents.