Each week, we will write a critical analysis on a work of photographic art. An image will be published weekly on our class blog. Spend time studying the image and then write a detailed analysis of the photograph. Publish your analysis as a comment to the blog post; this comment should show the student’s name, time posted, and word count. The analysis must be posted to the original blog post in order to be graded.
All analyses must be 4 paragraphs minimum, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph unless otherwise noted. Students will write eleven critical analyses per semester, and the lowest grade per semester will be dropped. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
8/24/2017 12:39:10 pm
This image depicts an odd situation. An elephant has escaped a circus and is now in the middle of nowhere lying in the middle of the road. The sheriff has arrived on the scene. People have gathered around this elephant and are now spraying water on him in order to keep him cool and hydrated. The only development seen in this photo is an apparent driveway, a barely visible shack, and a road sign. The colors are very simple and subtle. They don’t contrast very much. The photo is taken in intense sunlight. It appears to be hot in the area of effect for the photo. A sheriff car is visible.
Will
8/24/2017 12:40:03 pm
This image is interesting because it of the randomness it depicts, and the questions it leaves unanswered. How did the elephant get there? Why are they washing it in the street? Where was this photo taken? I love pictures like this for that exact reason. The make me think and wonder certain things about it. I like the perspective of this photo as well, because the elephant is hard to see at first, making you winder how something that strange isn't the main subject of the photo. This is a very intriguing picture, and I want to know more about it's history.
Parker Brown
8/24/2017 02:39:15 pm
The image is a picture of a elephant who escaped from the circus. It looks like they somehow found a way to stop it, and they are now spraying it with water. It also looks like a lot of people came to come see the elephant. It is using neutral colors to focus the attention on the elephant and not a bright background. There are lots of people, an elephant, the sheriff, and people watering the elephant in the picture.
Jordan Bell
8/24/2017 04:10:53 pm
This is a picture of an elephant in the middle of the road. Surrounding it are people in what seems to be the middle of nowhere. The artist is mainly using yellows, greens, and blues in a ‘rural’ setting. The lighting is bright sunlight indicating that the picture was taken in the middle of the day. There are two buildings in this picture, one is green and both have a tin roof. A sheriff car and a white truck are parked not too far away from the elephant. The group of people onlooking the elephant seem to be pointing and talking about it.
Annie Mosis
8/24/2017 06:29:45 pm
This picture is taken in sort of a bird’s view. It shows an image of a elephant in the middle of the road being watered with a eighteen wheeler in front and two police cars. There are also many people looking at the elephant. Everyone in this picture looks distressed, probably because there is an elephant in the middle of nowhere. This picture is very intriguing for the eyes because it's not everyday you see an elephant not in the zoo.
Matthew Weiss
8/24/2017 07:58:02 pm
This image is of an elephant, that has just laid down in the middle of a rural road. In addition to the elephant, there is a small crowd of people watching it. The elephant has seemed to have caused a sizable roadblock due to the crowd that it has attracted. In the forefront of the picture, a police car sits in the street. The image has for the most part, used very bland, neutral colors with nothing that really seems to pop out and nothing that really acts as an attention grabber. The only noticeable color is in the sky, and it only occupies a sliver of the top of the picture where the line of trees end.
Gillian Thompson
8/25/2017 09:46:53 am
In this photograph, the perspective of the imagine is from farther up. Kind of giving off an Aerial view. I can see many unusual environmental elements in this photograph. I would say the lighting in this particular photo is a soft lighting. It is minimizing shadows and is reducing contrast. This image confuses me , but intrigues me. The not knowing of what is happening in the photo draws me even more to it. In the image it appears an elephant has escaped and is in the middle of the street surrounded by a few cars and lots of people. It appears that they are giving the elephant water. 8/25/2017 11:32:02 am
This image is of a scene in an American road. There is a group of people outside of their cars observing an elephant in the road! It is mainly using the colors green, yellow, white, and grey for the road. It is brightly sunny outside so it looks like it is the mid afternoon. There is a sheriff’s car in the road with the door open, a large truck, possibly an 18-wheeler, behind the elephant. There is also a pickup truck with its’ door open right next to the elephant.
Kylie Bruehler
8/25/2017 11:50:55 am
When I first glance at this image, I notice there are trees surrounding the area where the photo was taken. There is a scene happening down below on the street. There is a white car with the word ‘Sheriff’ written on it. Looking farther down the road, I notice the main part of scene. There is an elephant sitting in the road and surrounding people. The elephant is being watered. I assume from the people surrounding, that the elephant has escaped from somewhere. Possibly a zoo. I am guessing that the surrounding police and figures are trying to get the elephant to safety. There are bright colors used in this photo. There is a light sky and the grass is a greenish yellow vibrant color.
Payton
8/28/2017 11:55:32 am
This photo is a picture of an elephant in the middle of the road. There are also some people around it most likely everyone stopped to see what was going on. There is water everywhere around the elephant. The colors aren't too colorful almost desert like, colors like green and yellows. The lighting is bright like it's the afternoon. There are people and some buildings but it seems pretty rural. There are people just staring and the elephant. It's not very pleasing to look at just because it looks a bit odd but It is a very interesting piece of work. It looks like there is an arrow pointing towards the elephant. The photographer might of been on top of something. There is a lot of foliage around the street. It is not very symmetrical but there is a road in the middle of grass. There is extra space like grass and trees. The themes are that an elephant somehow got into the middle if the road. Yes there is a story being told in the photo. I can't really know what the photographer's intentions were but they probably heard about it and thought it was cool. It is very interesting to look at. I do like it, the color scheme is a little dull but i like how the elephant was there. I think it is successful.
elizabeth wray
9/11/2017 12:07:25 pm
This is an image of an elephant that has somehow ended up on the street. The colors are warm and bright. There are many greens like the trees, yellows, like the unwatered grass, and grey, like the asphalt. In the image, there are people all around the elephant. Police cars and sheriffs are walking around the elephant and seeing what’s going on. The subject in this picture is the elephant.
Natalia Orquin
9/11/2017 12:09:28 pm
Observing this photo for the first time I saw all the vegetation that surrounds the screen of the photo. I love how the picture depicts the elephant. At first glance the observer would probably not notice the action going on in the image, but at a closer look we can see how the elephant is surrounded by nature and humans. The vibrant color of the trees disguises the elephant and the white marble color of the car contrasts the scene of the photo. We can see how their are people who got out of their cars to help the elephant.
Lucas Prado
9/11/2017 12:25:58 pm
The a sheriff's car is off towards the bottom of the image. Going up the road, there is a truck alongside an elephant. The elephant lies on the side of the road in a small puddle of water. The puddle comes from a group of people using a hose from a truck behind the elephant. The people The rest of the image is mostly rural wilderness, with tall pine trees across the whole background and a few shacks and small houses. Comments are closed.
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