This work demonstrates visual unity through repetition and proximity. The shipping crates are all the same size and are stacked in the same orientation, so that the five "Del Monte" slogans/images are facing the camera. Although not perfectly aligned because of the angle of the camera shot, they are unified in their overall shape and their proximity to one another.
The shorter faces of the crates create a sort of grid that the blue images subscribe to. These blue dots create a visually interesting series of groups - some horizontal, some vertical. Both the blue images and the shipping crates themselves are unified through their proximity to each other.
I have trouble believing that the artist could've merely walked into a shipping yard and found these crates already set up this way. I'm not sure I like this photo as a work of art - it seems barren; the only thing that leads me to believe the space is actually being used is the few crates that are missing from what I'm guessing must've been a "cube" of crates all stacked together. I envision shipping yards as busy, somewhat chaotic places but this photo conveys the opposite.
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