Thursday, April 17, 2008

Reading a Photograph (Tuesday, April 15th)

This image feels very geometric; the three cylindrical objects coming from three sides of the picture serve to equally space the dark and light values. I am unsure of what the metal cylinders are, perhaps rifles or the guns on three tanks. Either way, the point of view gives the viewer a sense of power: one tends to feel a lot safer behind the gun than in front of it. The lines of the picture remind me of the Japanese rising sun, which provides an interesting historical perspective considering that Japan was one of the America's enimys during WWII.

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