Today you will be writing about this photograph by artist Joel Sternfeld. Your analysis must be 4 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class post, it will not be graded.
If you do not finish your analysis in class, you must finish and post your analysis by the end of class tomorrow, 10/7/21. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
Kevin Kessler
10/8/2021 07:16:51 am
I see a car. I see a truck.
Katie Hendrick
10/8/2021 07:17:32 am
This photograph displays many different components, but the first significant part of this photo is the specifics. This picture shows an elephant lying on the road while being hosed down with water. There are two sheriff’s cars, and a large truck stopped along the road beside the elephant. The photo seems to have a lot of shadow areas and less vibrant colors than standard colors. There are many pale yellows, greens, and blues that can be seen in this photo. The first object in the image that caught my eye was the white sheriff’s car on the bottom right side. The contrast between the car and the road makes the car an important focal point of the image.
Jackson Uhr
10/8/2021 07:22:06 am
The image is of an elephant collapsed on a road surrounded by people watering the elephant with a hose. On either side of the road there are yellow-green grasses and large trees. By the elephant a large truck is parked, and a Sheriff’s car is sitting close to where the image was shot. The lighting in this photo is fairly bright, with small amounts of shadows in the treeline. The lack of clouds and bright sun combined with the generally lighter color tones throughout the image contribute to the brightness.
Jorie Weeks
10/8/2021 07:23:40 am
When I first look at this photo I see an image with an elephant in the road. Some of the details that we see in this photo is the multitude of police cars and the many people standing in the middle of the road. We see a lot of warm colors such as the yellow in the grass and the green used in the trees. We can see some shadows in the background of trees as well as in the open car door shadows. In the middle of the street we can tell that the sun was very exposed in the middle area of the picture, which leads us to know why there is water on the road. There may be water on the road to keep the elephant from overheating.
Lily Warr
10/8/2021 07:24:02 am
This image is of an elephant that is laying in the middle of the road in a rural area. There are people crowded around it who seem to be hosing it off. There’s a Sheriff's car in the foreground and the Sheriff is getting out of the vehicle. The photo has warmer colors and looks like it was taken a long time ago.
Trinity Wilkinson
10/8/2021 07:24:14 am
This image is of an elephant overheating and being cared for to prevent further harm along with huge pine trees in the background. It has warmer colors giving this image an older more vintage feel. This lighting has bright, direct sunlight which can be seen on the sheriff’s car and the foreground. In this image, there are bystanders, a couple of cars, and a sheriff. Also in this image is an elephant. 10/8/2021 07:28:08 am
Elephant
Christian Lacayo
10/8/2021 07:31:47 am
This image by Joel Sternfeld depicts an elephant lying on the floor with people around watering it with also a couple cars and a truck around. One of the cars at the front of the photo is a police car because it says “sheriff”. The scene appears to be set in a countryside or rural area because there aren’t any buildings in sight, and the ground is full of overgrown weeds and grass. The shadows around the plants are dark, but overall the picture appears to be pretty light since it was taken outside.
Myrthea Vigil
10/8/2021 07:34:39 am
This image is of an elephant who seems to be dehydrated and exhausted. The image also has a few cop cars who most likely are trying to get the elephant to a safe place to help it. The elephant is covered in water which indicates that they tried to cool him down a bit. The image’s color is very warm which gives a nice visual of how hot it is at the time of the photo. The image is taken on a highway surrounded by trees and two small sheds. In the image the cops are trying to cool the elephant down to get it off the road and to a safe place so they can take care of it. 10/8/2021 07:37:04 am
At first glance, the photo seems to be capturing a country road in the middle of a sparsely populated town. You can tell the image is dated because of the type of police vehicle and the way the people in the background are dressed. Your eye follows the line of the road and powerline before resting on the central concentration of the photo, which appears to be an elephant surrounded by trucks and bystanders. The photographer used the bright white of the police cars to draw the attention of viewers toward the elephant and leave people intrigued. Without any context, the image definitely raises some questions about what the elephant is doing in the middle of a street, far from any region that is normally inhabited by their species.
Preston Biela
10/8/2021 07:37:21 am
The picture is about an elephant who is dehydrated and on the ground. The elephant is definitely not supposed to be there. People are helping the elephant. The color of the elephant is grey and there are two white cars/trucks. There are trees in the background and water on the elephant.
Max Eitter
10/16/2021 04:31:18 pm
There looks like there is an elephant in the middle of the road, obviously somewhere not in Africa, probably in North America.There is also a bunch of people crowded around the elephant with what looks like to be a hose spraying down the elephant because its seems to be hot. The sherifs' car is also there to keep and eye on it and it is kind of the main focal point. There also seems to be pine trees in the background indicating it's not Africa. And there is also old house or barns in the background where they probably got the water from. There is also a truck behind the elephant that seems like it might be able to carry it once they get it in the right conditions.
Carol Marin
10/22/2021 06:38:04 am
In this picture we see a road possibly in the middle of a rural area with old police cars they are probably older models from the 1970s.We also see a truck and the most noticeable an elephant on the road surrounded by people.These people include police,zookepers and some onlookers.The elephant has been running for hours on the roads so it was probably overheated so they hosed him down with water to cool him down and tranquilized him.The elephant probably ran away and they found him and they cooled him down.
John Paul Ortiz
10/25/2021 07:28:02 am
The image looks like a couple of cop cars and a semi with spectators. If you look closer at the photo there is an elephant in the picture being sprayed with water. The colors are dull greens, blues, yellows, whites, and browns. There is bright sunlight for the lighting but the colors are still dull. There is an elephant in the middle with spectators watching the elephant getting sprayed. There are cop cars and a green field. There are dark green trees in the background with a blue sky. An elephant is being sprayed down with water because it’s hot and if the people didn’t spray the elephant down it would more than likely die from overheating.
Brighton Dietrich
11/6/2021 09:18:55 am
In this picture I see a 2 white police cars, and a elephant in the middle of the road. It took me a while to realize that it was a elephant because the police cars grab your attention because they stick out so much. This is an odd picture because of the elephant that was in the middle of the road. You don't see that everyday! This photo is pleasing to look at for me because of all the nice colors and the trees in the background. Comments are closed.
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