Hunger in Uganda:
Describing:
a. This photograph was taken in Uganda. It looks like it is on a farm in the middle of the country.
b. There is one person in this photo, probably the farmer. However, I think the subject of this photo is the dead crop. This picture is a landscape with the ground, mountains and trees in the background, and blue sky. This picture is in the country because no houses or buildings of any kind are shown. The crops look dead or like they didn't have a good growing season.
c. I like the blue colors in the sky and then the tans and browns in the foreground. The lines of the crop are pointing up into the sky, draw your eye up. There is also a sense of space in this picture because the crops in the front of the picture appear larger than the mountains. Also the man in the back looks like a giant compared to the mountains.
Analyzing:
a. I have learned from this photo that the farmer probably did not have a good growing season. The crops look dead. What draws my eye in is the crops that are pointing up. They lead my eye to the man in the picture. They tell me that because the growing season wasn't very successful, the people may not have enough food to eat.
b. The man in this picture is wearing some sort of dress protecting him from the heat most likely. He is also carrying a bag on his back to collect the crops. Although I can't definitely tell, I am guessing that the man is in his fifties. I can't see the man's face but I'm sure he is tired and frustrated from working in a field all day.
c. There is a man in the background pointing at something. There is nothing else in the background but some trees and a mountain. It looks like it is about mid-day. The overall mood is almost despair because the crops look like they're wilting and they don't look like they can be used for much. I'm sure the people also feel disappointed to see how the crops have turned out.
Interpreting:
a. The man in the picture is probably trying to pick as much of the crop as possible. Due to the horrible growing season, he probably isn't getting much. The photographer is trying to say that in other parts of the world people are starving and their food supply is not enough to feed everyone. I'm not sure why he chose this angle. He may have done so to make the crop look bigger and stand out more, to possibly put emphasis on the crop itself.
b. I don't think he tried to leave anything out, unless there was more people or other things around that he didn't want to include. It may have taken away from the photo and make it more cluttered. In leaving out extra things, we were able to see what he really wanted to capture, which was the person and the crop.
Evaluating:
a. I personally liked this photo. Again I love the colors, the blues and browns. I thought the photographer captured the picture at just the right moment, with the man pointing in the background. Overall, I thought it was an interesting photo. I think the importance of this photo was the dead, wilting crops in the front. I think the photographer was trying to show that in some countries, food isn't plentiful and they have to live with what they have.
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