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Dead AliveBy Saul Padilla When I was taking this photograph, the range from the camera to the magazine and the person was really tricky. I took several different angles of the picture until I finally captured this one. What really caught my attention most was how the lady in the magazine picture is so pale, she looks white. I thought it was interesting because it emphasizes the picture. When you first look at it, the one thing you notice is the color of her skin and her red lips. She looks exhausted, or maybe tired of something. It looks as if she doesn't have enough time to worry about how her hair looks. This lady reminds me of what my mom used to say: You can tell if a person is hard working by only the look of the hands. In the picture from the magazine, you can see the lady's face, and her hand lies on a picture. I thought it was interesting how only her face and her hand show. |
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The repetition of the ladies in the magazine picture was also interesting. It looks as if the pale lady had her own project to do. It looks as if she was studying the history of the other lady. In the bottom left corner of the magazine picture, you can read, "I served time in prison." I don't know exactly what that means or why it's there, but that's what got me to think the lady was studying the history of the other woman in the picture. Maybe she served time for an unjust law, and that's what she's studying. The last thing that caught my attention about my photograph was the scissors in the bottom right corner. It looks as if the scissors were left purposely pointing at the words that say, "I served time in prison." I was fascinated because I didn't do this intentionally; I used the scissors to cut the picture out of the magazine. When I took a second look, I really noticed it and wished I had done that intentionally. The scissors help emphasize the words that are almost small enough not to notice. |