Composition is an important part of photography. You may have heard of the Rule of Thirds, or even the Fibonacci sequence (aka the golden mean). It is something that appears in nature often (think spiral sea shells) and which man imitates almost instinctively.
Check out some of these images of grand spiral staircases and see if you can’t see similarities. The symmetry, and unique properties, the math!

By Howard Ignatius

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By Don McCullough

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By János Korom Dr.

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