Thursday, September 29, 2011
Summary
Here is a public service advertisement. A series of pictures are published in Large magazine. I choose one of three pictures as my primary resource. It is a black and white picture, even it has depth focus that background is fuzzy but it is clear to see the place is in a street of a big city. Camera shallow focuses on the three characters in the front of scene. Three homeless men are in dirty cloth with several holes and all barefooted. One curls up and leans on the wall. An freeze action is there: one poor man is walking by and throwing two coins into a paper cup which is hold by the third homeless man who is sitting on the ground near the first man. A text with very small white words is on the lower right corner of the picture: "For people who think bigger than they are. Large magazine". It is so impressive that even the most poor people in lower class has the right to live equally. In the picture, the man who is donating coins has a serious expression, perhaps he notices the two people on ground may need more help than himself. At least he has a coat, but the man holding the cup just wear a shirt. He is a little "higher" than others, but he never think he is "bigger". The picture is so realistic because it was shot in black and white. In such a cruel socielty that differed by three classes depending on amount of means of production and status, the most important thing that from human nature are same for everyone, that is love.
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