CONTENT

The subject of the photograph is a man wearing a black scarf and a blue shirt.

In this photograph, the man is directly (as well as sadly) looking into the camera, his head is slightly tilting to the right, the black scarf covered up his chin, the light is on the top half of the wall as well as his forehead and a bit on his eyes and cheek, and he is standing rather to the right of the image and not in the middle.

The background of this photograph is all blue.  The light is only on the top half of the wall, which is a lighter blue, while the bottom half is a darker blue (the shadow).

PHOTOGRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES

The photographer’s point of view is as a person viewing the situation, the fact that the subject is experiencing sadness.

When I looked at the photograph, my eyes were drawn to the eyes of the subject.

The photo’s background is blue. Blue is the color that shows calmness. Blue has also the meanings of sadness and sorrow, and that maybe is what the subject is experiencing. The scarf that the subject is wearing is black, and black has the meanings of mourning, death and sadness.

When I look away and look back at the photograph again, what catches my eyes first is the eyes of the subject. I think they stand out most is because the subject is looking directly at the camera, and when I look at the photograph a feeling arises that the subject is looking into my eyes, and he is conveying the sadness to me.

MEANING AND INTENT

This picture makes me feel sad. The subject’s eyes are conveying sadness to me, the colors blue and black are also colors of sadness and sorrow. Also, the subject is not in the middle, and the light is only on the top half of the wall.