Cartier-Bresson Image Critique:
I picked this image because the picture seems to be focused on a scene within a large hole in wall. The backdrop is filled with kids of seemingly the same age. The kids also look as though they are laughing and playing on top of rubble created from the broken and crumbled sections of fallen walls. The symbolism within the photo brings to bear a view that the kids are not in distress because of the location or that they may have found a way to pass the time. Maybe the environmental conditions are common and normal to their everyday life. Either way, the photo is intriguing and very eye catching.
The photo represents a frame within a frame. The broken wall is the oval edges of the framing. The jagged edges of the oval create rough variations around the focal points. The composition of the photo is full of uneven lines, shapes and patterns. All of which help portray a story of survival and destruction. I think that adding color would not improve the photo. The expressions of laughter clearly come to the surface in the black and white imagery. The negative space on the edges and upper background help to guide your eye to the focal points.The picture has an asymmetrical balance, allowing for a interesting overall design.
First Progress review:
Hi Wesley! I am certainly starting to get a feel for your topic in these images. The overwhelming theme seems to be sports teams and you have a wide range of subjects and that seem to fit together. I like that orange ties the images together in some way. I am not getting a strong sense of the theme in your second image though, other than the orange blanket- I would try to reshoot it with something sports-related as the main subject. The third image I think is working very well, with the flag going off the frame and the child in focus and well-captured. The person in the first image I feel like may be too cut-off by the edges of the frame. The image of the blanket and dog I also believe is working well- there is a nice sense of asymmetrical balance and a good focal point in the left third of the image.
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