Capturing Legal Harmony: The Art of the Lessor Lessee Agreement Through a Photographer’s Lens

Consider the artistry behind a photograph. How does the photographer tell a story through images? The angle, the frame, the definition, the depth and so forth make for an interesting story. A similar approach can be taken in the world of legal agreements and transactions. While contracts aren’t particularly engaging or interesting to all, they still tell a very important story even though their premise and meaning often appear to be mundane or even routine. A well-constructed agreement is a story that has no better nor worse ending because in fact, the terms of the agreement dictate the ending. A case in point is the lease agreement between lessors and lessees. It is pivotal in dictating the relationship between parties with respect to property, equipment, structures, land, and other real assets. Like the aspects that come into play through the work of a photographer, the details that come into play in drafting an agreement, like a lessor lessee agreement, are equally as important.

What is the essence of a Lessor Lessee Agreement? The purpose of a lessor lessee agreement is to create a leasehold estate. A leasehold estate is just what it sounds like. It is an estate that exists on the property or assets in question. The lessor lessee relationship is defined by the lessor granting to the lessee the right of possession and use of its property. Typically, the lessor also possesses the right to recover its property at the end of the lease term. This relationship hinges on the facts surrounding the transaction and intention of the parties involved. Some transactions expressly state the details of the relationship while others assume lesser formality where the parties conduct their business in a more informal way.

Composition in photography makes all the difference for telling a good story through pictures. Framing the subject and the environment in which the subject resides is important in capturing the essence of the photo and the story the photographer is sharing. The same principles apply to the legal drafting process. The details of a lessor lessee agreement are similar to an artist’s eye for detail. In this regard, the practice of visual storytelling through photography is directly comparable to the art of legal drafting. The specifics of a lessor lessee agreement mirror the dynamics that occur during the process of composing a photograph. (This is where mixing metaphors in this article comes into play, and the metaphor gets mixed. Logic and order can be disregarded where creativity is exercised in the realm of visual storytelling and legal drafting.)

The focus of a photograph is essential to making the story more tangible or relatable. Similarly, the details of a lessor lessee agreement are essential to making the agreement and the terms that govern the relationship more relatable. For this reason, the details of a contract or agreement are pivotal to making the agreement easier to follow, and to making its terms fair and clear to each party. In this way, the story told by a visualizer is different than the story told through the words of a legal drafter or writer.