Photography Midterm Exam
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Work by Gottfried Helnwein
Image 1 This image shows a women's face close up with a figure, most likely a man, climbing her face. The women's face is very white, while her eyes are bright greens and blues. I think this image is just for artistic reasons and not commentary, even though it could mean many things. This image is photoshopped because of the size of the man in the picture and they probably photoshopped the women's face to be whiter. I'm not sure what the meaning of this image could be, but it could be a commentary about society and how men are metaphorically climbing women? I think the photographer's intent was to make a visually appealing image with meaning behind it. This image also could just be a person painting this image on a wall and the man could be the one doing it. That would mean this image is extremely big compared to the man. The man could be Gottfried Helnwein himself or it could represent something. Image 3 This image has changed my opinion of image 1. O
