Image: Going Home
Image by: Ed Clark
Image created: April 13, 1945
This image shows Jackson as its
main subject, a man who is a personal friend of Roosevelt and a celebrated
musician. Looking simply at this image,
it illustrates the devastation and horror caused by the sudden death of the
president. However, every story has another side. Just as seen in Professor Nordell’s video, in which he tried to make the republicans look silly. In
the image by Clark, the scenario is a little different. The photojournalist
tried to convey only one part of the story by revealing the suffering of the
people who liked President Roosevelt. It does not convey the emotions of the
president’s naysayers, who disagreed with some of his policies. For me, I believe President Roosevelt
was an iconic president and the nation lost a huge asset with his death: this
image illustrates that tragedy.
Subject’s Expression: The
expression of the subjects clearly illustrates the pain and tragedy the people
are feeling. The expression on Jackson’s face as he plays the accordion also
suggests that he must be devastated and is singing a sad song to mourn his loss.
Rule of third: The
photojournalist made a clear use of rule of third by placing the main subject
off-center. He clearly used the remaining space to gather some sympathy toward
the sudden loss by showing several people mourning Roosevelt’s death. This has
also helped the image to be pleasant to our eyes.
Background compliment’s or
distracts from composition: The background is completely suitable for the
subjects. The sad faces compliment the face of the subjects. It also helped to
create an environment of sorrow for the reader to experience.
Image by: Daniel Berehulak, NYT
Image created: April 29, 2015
I have a personal connection
with this image and the tragedy it shows. Since I was born in Nepal and lived there
for so many years, it always been close to my heart. As explained by ShahidulAlam, photojournalists can be an activist in the video. This photojournalist
has done a great job by clearly illustrating the impact of the earthquake. I
believe this image represents the truth because an earthquake of 7.8 magnitude
can cause such devastation. From my memory, most of the buildings destroyed
seem to be in the older section of the city, and therefore have outdated
standards. Similarly, as mentioned in the blog by Patrick Kiger, images like
this can generate a huge sympathy as by the image - Stonewall Uprising. In
this case, many countries put forward their hand of support to help Nepal
recover from the earthquake.
Depth of field: The photojournalist
has made a great use of field and tried to capture as much area of devastation
as possible from a high viewpoint. The depth of field clearly illustrates how
much damage was caused. This also shows some people and armies working on to
rescue victims of the earthquake.
What feelings does the image
create: This image creates a feeling of sympathy to help the people who
suffered this tragedy. The image is about the destruction caused by the massive
earthquake and how a few rescue team are working on finding survivors. It makes
us feel that rescue of the victims has not yet been done fully and urges us to
help.
Abstraction: This image
symbolizes the destruction that nature can cause at its deadliest. It also
represents that human beings and the constructions we build are quite tiny in
front of nature. It also indicates a sense of humanity through the rescue team
working on the field.
Image: Antelopes and bridge inTibet
Image by: Liu Weiqiang
Image created: 2006
This image shows Tibetian
Antelopes passing under a bridge. The purpose of this image is to garner some
sympathy towards the Tibetian Antelopes by placing them with the newly
inaugurated train service. These species are very rare and are distracted by
very small sounds as well. They like to live in their natural habitats and do
not like the presence of human beings. The train passing by must have caused an
enormous sound, yet the animals seem to be moving in a normal patter, not in a
frightened one. I believe this image must have been forged by using two
different images. As explained in the article about yellow photojournalism in the
course module, “This genre wasappealing and distinctive in its typography, in its lavish use ofillustrations, in its aggressive newsgathering technique”. By use of the
eye-catching power of this image the photojournalist won some awards as well.
However, Commodified
images like this threatens photographers’ primary role as storytellers. When
the true story about this image came out the photojournalist had to resign from
his job .
Contrast Inappropriate: There
are lots of bright and dark spaces in the image. This causes an unpleasant
effect to our eyes. There is a huge difference in terms of light in the dark
and light space.
Depth of the field: The use of
the depth adds the main essence of this image. The photojournalist used the
entire depth by showing the whole train as well as the herd of Antelopes. The
depth was also used to present the entire barren space present.
Use of Light: The use of light
seems to be exaggerated in this image in order to make it eye catching. It
feels like some sort of editing technology has been used by the
photojournalists. The difference between the cloudy part and remaining part
seems unrealistic.
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