Monday, February 14, 2011

A Tale of Two Pictures

 

 These two pictures were from news articles about the Gulf Coast Oil spill. I was asked to give my interpretations of these two photos. As far as which picture made President Obama look more concerned, I would have to say the top one. The look on his face is very solemn. His eyes have a very distraut look about them. As someone who works behind the camera, I know how important it is to accurately convey the message I am trying to get across. If you cloesly look at the bottom photo of Presiden Obama on the ship or whatever, you can see that he has a cheerful smile on his face. If your country had just experienced a major
catastrophe, a smile is something that people would want to see.

As far as how much control he looks like he is in, I would have to say neither. The the top photo, it looks like the president is in an office setting, not really doing alot. And the bottom photo, it seems that he is on a ship, but we, as the audience, don't know if it is in the Gulf or a different location. If I were the photographer and wanted to show that the President was in control, I would have shown him helping the countless bodies who helped clean up the oil spill, or shown him talking to the people of BP. I know we have all heard the cliche, "A picture is worth a thousand words". Well, a pictures is also worth alot when trying to convey a message.

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