A photograph can explain better about a situation than 1000 words of explanation because we can see exact scene of a situation. So from the past, photographs were taken in a memorable situation that we don't want to forget. Photographs always convey message to us and we can see it through the objects in the photo or through facial expression of people in the photo. We have two photographs in comparison. One is called "Village School" by Margaret Bourke-White and the other one is called "Children's Puppet Theatre" by Alfred Eisenstadt. These two photographs have completely different mood.
In the "Village School" which was published in 1934, the mood of the photo is gloomy and dark. We can clearly see that the photo lacks in light. We can hardly see and lights in this photo. Also, we can sense the mood of the photo by looking at the facial expressions of boys. Although there are several boys in the photo, we can see that all of them have similar facial expressions. We can't see any smiles in the face of boys. They are sitting upright and their bodies are even stiff in fear of something. In addition, it is certain that they are not having conversation with each other because no one is looking at other person. All of them are looking at the front with their mouth closed. So there may be no communication going on in the scene of first photo.
In the "Children's Puppet Theatre" which was published in the 1963, we can see children are excited and happy. So the mood of this photo is completely opposite to the mood of the first photo. In this photo, there are several kinds of facial expressions. We can see scared face, amazed face and happy face. Every child in the photo has a facial expression and they seem to be enjoying the moment. Also, we can clearly see that children in this photo are posing whatever suits them. They seem to be free and comfortable unlike the first photo. Moreover, we can see some kind of communication going on. Whether they are shouting or screaming about something, the scene seems to be noisy and children are lively.
In the both photos, the main focus is on the children. Although those photos have same focus, we can see that those photos have clearly opposite mood. In the "Village School", children have restriction so they seem to be uncomfortable. However, children are free and happy in the "Children's Puppet Theatre". Having a same focus does not mean that photos will also have the same mood.
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1. What I like about this piece of writing is your descriptive words and I though they express the contents well.
2. Your main point seems to be though there are some similarities in two photo, it seems that the moods are different.
3. These particular words or lines struck me as powerful:
The introduction was quite good, because I could feel the atmosphere of photos even without seeing them. Your words are so descriptive that I could understand them more.
4. Some things aren’t clear to me. These lines or parts could be improved (meaning not clear, supporting points missing, order seems mixed up, writing not lively):
- I think that your writing paper is good so I don’t want to add something.
5. The one change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing is
- It seems that having 4 paragraphs could be strange to us who are familiar with 5 paragraphs structure, I think it’s much better than having useless paragraphs.
To Min Soo Lee From Youmi An
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is the neat introduction and the various words tha you used to describe the photograph.
2. Your main point seems to be the comparison between the two photographs.
3. These particular words or lines struck me as powerful:
All of them are looking at the front with their mouth closed.
the mood of this photo is completely opposite to the mood of the first photo.
we can clearly see that children in this photo are posing whatever suits them.
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4. Some things aren’t clear to me. These lines or parts could be improved (meaning not clear, supporting points missing, order seems mixed up, writing not lively):
5. The one change you could make that would make the biggest improvement in this piece of writing is