Today you will be writing about this image by artist Zora Murff. It is from a project titled Corrections. 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's post, it will not be graded.
Below is a project statement written by Murff about his body of work, Corrections: From 2012 to 2015, I worked as a Tracker for Linn County Juvenile Detention and Diversion Services in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As a Tracker, I provided services to youths who were convicted of crimes, adjudicated, and subsequently ordered to complete probation. Juveniles in my charge were asked to comply with services which may include: electronic monitoring, therapies, drug screening, and community service; it was my responsibility to have continual contact with them to ensure these expectations are met. Tracking and other similar community-based services are being increasingly used as an alternative to detention facilities. These services, which allow juveniles to stay in their homes, show a higher rate of success than strict incarceration. Although community-based services are built to foster a collaborative relationship between juveniles and service providers, attaining the actualization of teamwork becomes problematic when juveniles feel that they have done nothing wrong, are victims of circumstance, or do not fully understand why they have committed a crime. The system has been put in place to provide rehabilitation, but it is far from being a straightforward process. Many influences outside of the youths' control such as education, socioeconomic status, and race all play a role in whether or not a youth reoffends - all of these factors possessing the propensity to lead them to extended periods of incarceration in the juvenile system or to involvement with the criminal justice system as an adult. By reconsidering the role that I played in the lives of the kids I worked with, I began to acknowledge the burden that comes with tasking young men and women with continued complicity. My stance as a consequence kept our relationships in a state of flux ranging from stable to tenuous – a constant motion mirroring the discord that develops between the system's intentions and outcomes. Through employing ideas of anonymity, voyeurism, and introspection, Corrections is an examination of youth experience in the system, the role images play in defining someone who is deemed a criminal, and how the concepts of privacy and control may affect their future. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
Payton Down
9/28/2017 12:22:04 pm
The photo is of a man and he is in a jail cell that cuts off half of his head by the jail cell. There is green and reds and then the white backdrop. He is using these colors to show the dullness of the cell. It is bright in the image but it was a studio set up. There is one person but their face isn't included within the photo. The man is just standing there you can also see his hands resting on his body.
Payton Down
9/28/2017 12:31:41 pm
I like the photo it is very interesting to look at because i don't really know the meaning of the photo and why he does look like he is actually in prison because he is wearing nice clothes. It's a mysterious photo with contradicting aspects. I do like the photo through it shows maybe how this boy or man got into trouble and is being punished. The photograph was very successful because makes you think and try to predict what happening. 9/28/2017 12:26:17 pm
This image depicts a child (what appears to be a teenage boy) trapped in a jail cell. The only visible aspects of his stature are from his lower chest to his thighs. The prison cell door is green, and it is not in focus, making it blurry. The area that is in focus in this image is the interior of the cell, where the boy is. The lighting in the image is contained in the cell, with bright white bricks on the interior. Where the boy’s face would be is the lock on the cell. The boy in the image is simply standing still, perhaps waiting for something to occur.
elizabeth wray
9/28/2017 12:29:31 pm
This is an image of what seems to be a boy in a juvenile detention. The focus is on his stomach and upper thighs looking through a small hole . The boy is wearing a red sweatshirt with khaki pants or shorts. The door that the hole is in is a green one with a rectangular opening. The focus is on the boy with the green door blurred a little bit to emphasize the boy. He is standing against a wall and looks very serious. 9/28/2017 12:29:44 pm
This image depicts a child (what appears to be a teenage boy) trapped in a jail cell. The only visible aspects of his stature are from his lower chest to his thighs. The prison cell door is green, and it is not in focus, making it blurry. The area that is in focus in this image is the interior of the cell, where the boy is. The lighting in the image is contained in the cell, with bright white bricks on the interior. Where the boy’s face would be is the lock on the cell. The boy in the image is simply standing still, perhaps waiting for something to occur.
Claire Williams
9/28/2017 12:34:14 pm
This image is of a boy holding his wrists. However, we can’t see the whole boy. The photographer, Zora Murff, made this photograph looking through a jail cell slot and we can only see the boy’s thighs to chest. The main colors being used are green on the cell slot, white on the wall behind the boy, and red on the boy’s sweatshirt. The lighting is exposed very well. You can tell that the lights being used are the fluorescent ones from the ceiling which gives off a sort of white light. Most likely the boy’s position was staged, but I think the photographer is trying to make it look like he i maybe waiting to receive something or to be let inside his cell.
Annie Mosis
9/28/2017 12:34:22 pm
In this image it picture a person with their arms crossed behind a green door. This door as a slit in it which you can see the person. The person is wearing a maroon shirt and khaki colored pants. This person's arms are also crossed and they're standing behind a cream colored wall. In this picture you can only see there torso and the upper half of their legs. In this image you are unable to see their face. The lighting is very natural and there is a shod that is caused by the slit in the green door. This image is taken in a juvenile jail so I can only assume this person is in their teens.
Parker Brown
9/28/2017 12:36:37 pm
The image looks like there is a boy standing in a jail cell.The boy is probably a juvenile delinquent because he looks pretty young.The lighting in the image is kind of bright. The white wall and green door are bright colors so the whole image becomes brighter. In the image it looks like someone is checking on him to make sure he isn’t doing anything he isn’t supposed to do.
Jordan Bell
9/28/2017 12:37:20 pm
This is an image of the middle of what appears to be a teenage boy through a letter opening in a jail door. The young boy is leaning against the cell wall with his hands folded in front of him. The colors used in this photo are green, white and dark read. The lighting is semi- bright as if the photograph was taken mid-day or if there were lights in the room. The only objects in the photo are the boy and the wall and the door. Nothing is happening in this image, it is just a boy leaning against the wall.
brandon Collins
9/28/2017 12:41:01 pm
The image is of a fifteen year old boy that is standing in a juvenile detention cell. His hands are intersecting each other with his left hand over his right. The cell walls are plain white with a mix door with light green baby blue-ish door. It is using mainly bright colors the only dark colors are on his maroon shirt and the shadow of the open hatch on the door. The reason for the colors the artist is using is because it's a juvenile detention cell closest thing to a prison cell it's not meant to look nice.The lighting is bright inside and a little outside with the only dark shadow is from the open hatch on the door.
Natalia Orquin
9/28/2017 12:42:00 pm
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Will Mauldin
9/28/2017 04:57:39 pm
This image is showing a man standing behind a prison door, only visible through the food slot. The focus is on him, with the door blurred in the foreground. Its using dull colors, such as beige walls and a light green door, and the inmate is seen in grey sweats and a maroon sweatshirt. The lighting is good, because the door is darker than the focus of the man standing behind.
Kylie Bruehler
9/28/2017 07:03:55 pm
Pictured is a man or a boy, based on the way the person is dressed and how their hands look. The face of the person is not shown, only about a third of the person’s body is shown. The person is standing against a wall and is in focus. The picture was taken through some sort of opening in a wall or on a door. It looks as it could be a mail drop. The person has their hands crossed and based on the position the person is in, looks aware that the picture is being taken. The fact that the boy is in focus but his face is not shown might be a meaning that the photographer intended.
Lucas Prado
9/28/2017 07:11:15 pm
This image is of a person, presumably a male juvenile delinquent, looking through a wide latch used for mail. The person is holding their hands together as though they are shy or nervous. The person is wearing a red sweater and khaki pants, with the rest of their clothes out of shot. The person is leaning against a white brick wall. The rest of the shot is against a pale green door with a latch and a lock, both of which are out of focus. Comments are closed.
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