semiframed
Semiframed is a term used in visual arts criticism to describe a composition in which the subject is only partially contained within the frame. This effect is achieved when part of the subject is cropped by the image boundary, obscured by foreground elements, or positioned so that only a segment of the subject is visible. Semiframing can occur in still photography, film, and other moving-image media, and it often emphasizes context, mood, or ambiguity over full explicit depiction.
In practice, semiframed works use techniques such as cropping, off-center or asymmetrical placement, and the deliberate
Applications vary by medium. In photography, semiframed portraits or street scenes may focus on fragments of
Related concepts include cropping, half-frame, off-frame, and foreground framing.