Portfolio Pictureees V

Reflection for Yellow Boat Assignment-Child Poverty

Reflection: Within my Child Poverty Assignment, I had approximately 4 models within my photos. The objects I used were dirty such as the glass. I mostly focused on the background to create a better emphasis on the poverty the children were suffering from. The objects had to be close to show how poverty has deeply affected children worldwide. Ultimately, the children that were used in these photos had to act depressed to affect the viewers and to cause them to make an attempt to change and get rid of the poverty. The work is both figurative and abstract due to the fact that the photos were put into a figurative aspect while the 3D image put the work into an abstract art. The shapes that were portrayed in the photo was meant to be out of place to show that children that suffer from poverty are out of place with the rest of the world, like as if they were lost from the society. The tones had to be dark to create a powerful understanding for the audience. The images that were used were in focus and was actually done intentionally to show the depression of children suffering from poverty. The images were intentionally put as dark photos because it brought out the emphasis of poverty and would have made the audience understand more rather than to have a light photo. They were taken outdoors because I found it difficult to take poverty photos indoors. I believe my work was unsuccessful because I felt like I could have done better with the environment and the clothing on the children. The pictures I took as well didn't quite peek my interests.