by Sander van Heerde
22. December 2009 19:19
This picture of a man standing next to a emty steel box holding a wooden plate with a cross on it,
transfers a direct meaning to the viewer. Feelings of sadness, lonelyness, emtyness quickly
cross your mind. Although the feeling of the picture is very direct and clear, the basic elements
in the photo that cause our reaction are very subtly. If you look at the elements separate,
they don't carry as much meaning when all the elements combined. For instance the photo would
not have been so strong if you take out eigther the man, or the steel box. Even though you don't
actually 'see' the man looking at the box, you feel there is a strong connexion between the two.
22 dec 09
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