Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Describing Photos

Photo One




-The first photo is of a woman hanging her laundry to dry on electrical lines.
-She is climbing up a ladder with a basket full of laundry. The lines already are filled with laundry hung to dry and more laundry waits on the ground.
-The clothes look like they're blowing in the breeze.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the woman climbing the ladder to hang clothes.
-The photo is peaceful but also dangerous.
-The photo makes us feel confused or worried.
-It made us think about her getting hurt from hanging the clothes on the line.
-It looks like she is a doll
-He uses different images to make the one image.
-He uses wavy shirts to express wind.
-He probably wants to show modern technology mixed with past technology.

Photo Two




-It's an image of a man canoeing on water that has shattered.
-The man is trying to canoe, but the water has broken like glass and he now stands on solid ground and can't canoe.
-In the picture you can see an odd mark in the sky.
-The water looks like glass.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the broken glass/water.
-The photo is bright and colorful.
-The photo makes us feel odd.
-It makes us think about broken hopes.
-It looks like a mirror.
-He combines different images to make one.
-He uses a somewhat cloudy sky to show confusion.

Photo Three




-This picture s of a man punching himself in the face.
-He punches himself in the face and his face crumples inward.
-His face looks as though it is a paper bag or balloon.
-The viewer's attention is focused on his crumpled face.
-The photo is dark.
-It makes us feel upset.
-It makes us think about self-hatred or disappointment
-It looks like his face just gave up.
-He combines different images to create the one.
-He uses darker colors to express sadness.
-He probably wants to show what self-hate can do to a person after time.

Photo Four




-It's a picture of a fish's back being the land a home sits on.
-The fish is underwater mostly except for the top part of his back, which has become dried out and the land a home sits on in the middle of the water.
-In the picture you can see the fish under the water.
-The fish looks dead and the house looks like a toy.
-The attention is focused on the fish.
-This photo is vivid.
-It makes us feel happy.
-It makes us think about summer trips.
-He combines multiple images to create the one.
-He uses the peaceful sky and green trees to express that it's summer.
-He probably wants to show that things aren't always what they seem.

Photo Five


-This is an image of a man cutting out ice with fish in them.
-The man is dragging a sled full of blocks of ice which contain fish and he's carrying a chainsaw, which I assume he used to cut the ice.
-In the picture you can see a sunset.
-The man looks as if he is upset.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the man.
-The photo is gloomy.
-The photo makes us feel down but also kind of calm.
-The picture makes us think about
-It looks like he's doing something he doesn't want to do.
-The photographer combines multiple images to get this one.
-The photographer uses a cloudy sunset to represent the gloomy side of it and the calm side of it.
-He probably wants to show that you can be happy and sad at the same time?

Photo Six


-This shows a man walking from one door to another in an open field.
-A man in a bathrobe drowsily walks from one open doorway to another through a grassy field. Light shines from the doorways and a lamp is place just outside the second door. 
-In the picture you can see what looks like a storm closing in.
-The man looks exhausted, almost as though he's sleepwalking.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the doors.
-The photo is expressive.
-It makes us feel calm.
-The picture makes us think about dreaming.
-it looks like he's walking from one dream to another.
-The photographer combines many images to form this one image.
-The photographer uses doorways to express walking from one moment to the next.
-He probably wants to express what it looks like walking from one moment to the next or what it looks like when you're changing dreams.

Photo Seven



-This picture is of a man driving shoes.
-A man sits in huge shoes and drives them across a desert like you would drive a car.
-In the picture you can see a sunset.
-The shoes look as if they were moving and the man looks focused.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the shoes, especially the one in the center of the shot.
-The photo is light.
-It makes us feel like I should be doing something. 
-The picture makes us think about hard work.
-It looks like the man is a doll.
-The photographer combines many pictures to create this one.
-The photographer uses a light sky to show that it's early or evening.
-He probably wants to show that things take hard work and dedication.

Photo Eight


-This is a photo of a biker looking over the side of a cliff.
-A biker has stopped his bike because the road sharply drops in an odd way and he's not sure how to get down. 
-The man looks confused.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the cliff.
-The photo is bright. 
-The photo makes us happy.
-The photo makes us think about falling and weird things that shouldn't be possible, but are.
-It looks like the road just falls straight down.
-He combines multiple images to create this one.
-He uses a dirt road to show that its out in the middle of nowhere.
-He probably wants to show that sometimes you have to fall, but you have to keep going.

Photo Nine


-This is a picture of man painting, but he is also a painting.
-A man is painting the scenery before him, but as he paints, he is also becoming a painting of his own.
-In the picture you can see the landscape he's painting as well as what he's painting.
-The man looks like a painting.
-The viewer's attention is focused on the man.
-The photo is imaginative.
-It makes us feel happy.
-It makes us think about our childhood imaginations.
-It looks like he is painting himself.
-The photographer combines multiple images to create this one image. 
-He uses paintings to express that the man is becoming who he is by painting.
-He probably wants to show that you can be whoever you want to be and only you can create the best you.

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