Compare and Contrast
“One never understands anything from a photographand that understanding starts from no accepting the world as it looks” (Sontag 23). It is true as the person can be easily mistaken by what he sees, especially if we are talking about a photograph. Many photographs can be either deceitful or intentionally make the audience’s perception wrong. Therefore, different worldviews and different perspectives allow seeing different images on a single photograph.
The two suggested pictures may seem to have nothing in common. One sees two different people, two different backgrounds and two different stories. However, one may find a drastic similarity of both of them, when one abstracts his attention: both photographs depict loneliness.
A girl is in a bar or café sitting alone. She might be waiting someone, but she is sad. The bright background overshadows her solitude and sadness. The girl is unhappy in thee place that seem to bring fun.
Another picture shows a person who is lost in the middle of nowhere and doesn’t know whom to expect any help from. Helplessness and despair are the main things depicted on the photograph.
Consequently, the world of photograph can be understood when one decides to go beyond obvious things and see emotions. Both pictures transferred the feeling of loneliness despite obvious differences between them No Photoshop or other tools can transfer the real feelings that make the photograph special. The reasons and backgrounds can be different but the photographs have more in common than it may look at the first glance.
Works Cited
Sontag, Susan. On Photography. Penguin, 1979.
