Analysis of the Picture: Emptiness

The picture is well taken despite bad lighting and stale background. The picture was taken within a fog, which would create stale and bland coloring of the picture. The photographer actually used that as a theme of the picture, creating a sense of being lost visually as well as rhetorically. The focus of the picture, the woman, stands out well with her black dressing manner. Against the pale background and stale grass, she makes the viewers focus on her, making it obvious she is the focus. The proportion of the woman versus the background is also very good. It is close enough for the viewer to observe some type of emotion from the facial expression, but far enough to create a sense of void within the picture. We are able to tell that she is looking and calling out for something (most likely a dog, looking at the leash in her hand), and the spacing with the woman and everything else is very well proportioned. Also, making the woman placed at the far right of the picture makes the background seem much wider. As far as the message goes, the picture speaks in regards to wanting to find something. Whether it’s a dog or a meaningful relationship, the focus of the picture is definitely searching out for something in desperation. No time in our lives are we able to think that we are complete. We always seem to lack something, and it creates emptiness inside. This picture persuades us to reflect on ourselves once again; to once again evaluate what we have and do not have.