Hitchcock - Albert Watson

This photograph of Alfred Hitchcock is by Albert Watson. The photograph shows Hitchcock holding a dead goose. The portrait is showing Hitchcock with the thing he is most famous for, a bird. It is in reference to his movie "Birds". I like the picture, the skinned goose and Hitchcock have the same body texture, the textures show relationship between birds and Hitchcock. Watson also put on what looks like a bow tie on the dead goose, further making it obvious that he is comparing Hitchcock to a dead, skinned goose. I enjoy the photograph because it is funny and clever.

People Jumping - Philip Halsman

 

     This photograph, whose title I do not know, is by Philip Halsman. It is a picture of two presumably famous aristocratic looking people. I like the photograph because Halsman has a unique way of directing his models. He had both the man and woman jump up together, Halsman believed that people jumping up showed their inner or true character. In this photograph when the man and woman jump up you can see that they are very stiff and rigid, almost analogous to how they might be viewed by people: rich, posh, or aristocratic.

The Human Condition

 The Human Condition by Duane Michals.

    This image is by Duane Michals. It is called Human Condition. To me the obvious idea this sequence of pictures is about is wonder. The first image in the sequence is a picture of a bored looking young man. The next one shows the same picture but the man is glowing. It is showing how the man is going inside his own mind because he is so bored with his surroundings. The next sequence of pictures before the last image just shows the journey to the deepest part of his mind. The last image is a picture of a galaxy, maybe the our own galaxy the Milky Way. Michals is telling us that people wonder at grand things and have a strong desire to explore the unknown. That we want to understand how everything works. To us right now the greatest mystery is space and the universe; everyone would like to know what our place in the grand scheme of things is. Its the human condition is wonder at everything and to be curious.

Daido Moriyama's Demon Boy

 

This image is by Daidō Moriyama. It depicts a young boy in Japan. Its a very straight forward image visually because the picture clearly shows you what it wants you to see, the boy. The boy has a almost demonic look to him. The boy probably looked normal in reality, but he is crossing his eyes to give himself a weird look. Moriyama took a picture of that moment and then dodged his whole body in the picture to create a halo around him. The halo makes the boy pop out of the frame. The picture also has a tilt to it. The tilt makes the boy appear more evil-looking because it makes it seem like the photographer was rushing to take the picture as if he was running away from the demon.