20200423-Project 2 Reading Pictures-Diane Airbus

https://www.moca.org/collection/work/a-young-brooklyn-family-going-for-a-sunday-outing-nyc

From reading the article I found it harsh how the family has been describe by Liz Jobey. She doesn’t know them however she feels the the need to almost belittle them from the tone of writing.

I find the image has an strange feel to it. Not how the family has been set up but by how the Diane Airbus has composed the picture. The wife and child staring into oblivion and the father into what maybe the camera. The other child is said to be retarded which I feel from a personal perspective fairly instructive into a family that may have had a hard time prior to this.

Throughout the essay Jobey talks about them as they are nothing more than below her. I find that comes acroos in an annoying manner. I do not even know her and I myself are making a judgment on her writing about a picture and not the picture itself.

How you interpret a picture is true that first impressions count and don’t judge a book by its cover. Slightly off key with how Jobey has took to understanding this image.

Have they been forced to look unhappy or is this a case of they didn’t want the picture taken in the first place. It has that juxtaposition feel to it in a way of happiness meets sadness.

Even though the critque on this image has been harsh from Jobey, the picture itself is pretty well composed when looking with the rule of thirds. The main subject as the women has a sense of drama with how she is lite, the DoP and sharpness of her compared to how he looks where he is probably set back slighty to her. personally I find this image has sense of the unknown within it. A hidden sense of beauty to it. Had this been in colour im not sure that youd be able to show it any better. The era of the clothes would have been dark colours, where only the whites and leapod print would have been able to give any punch.

Bibliography

(n.d.). A Young Brooklyn Family Going For A Sunday Outing, N.Y.C. Retrieved April 23, 2020e, from https://www.moca.org/collection/work/a-young-brooklyn-family-going-for-a-sunday-outing-nyc [assessed 230420]