What is the large crowd so intently staring at? Is it something exciting and interested like the President of the United States, or something terrible and depressing, such as a hearse taking a dead soldier to the cemetery where they will rest forever. What ever the case for the gathering of the large crowd, the strong curiosity to know is consuming my thoughts. This gathering sparks so many different emotions and questions, that one does not know where to begin reflecting on the picture. Is there joy or anguish in all of their hearts as they view, that which is a mystery to the observer of the picture? If only one knew the crowds emotional state, it would be so much easier to determine ones own feeling of the picture. With out this essential source it is impossible to have a clear and strong reflection of the picture. The only thing that keeps on going through my mind is one simple word, which dominated my mind. That word was curiosity, curiosity, CURIOSITY, on what the crowd was observing.
This is a great picture. I believe the picture is designed to keep the observer curious of what the crowd is viewing. The creator of the picture is Jerry Dantzic, which did an amazing job at capturing the audience attention to this picture, by sparking there curiosity level. As stated earlier the only thing that I could get out of this picture is a sense of curiosity to what the crowd was observing.
3 comments:
I like your reflective look on this picture. Because the viewer cannot see the faces of the people, it is very difficult to sense the emotion of the picture. There is a strong emotion of curiosity as to what the crowd is staring at. The fact that the crowd in the picture is so large leads the viewer to believe that whatever they are staring at is a big event. Good analysis.
I think you are absolutely right about the curiosity bit. I think that the black and white aspect of this picture adds to that curiosity as well. It adds to the mystery and the unknown. The crowd is obviously so enraptured in whatever is going on, they are oblivious to the photographer taking the picture, and it gives you the feeling that you want to go thought the maze of people and push to the front.
I love the photograph that you have chosen! I also like how you are not sure what direction to go with your thoughts. You show that there are two sides that the viewer can take in, ether the emotion of joy or anguish. It would be a lot easier to tell the emotional state of the crowd if you could see their faces. I would have really liked to hear more of your thoughts about how this photograph made you feel.
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