"We keep this love in a photograph..."
Updated: Jan 17, 2021
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”- Marc Riboud
Photography is one of the most fascinating things that I learned during Week 6 of the Making Media course at RMIT. It was such an eye-opening & mesmerizing experience to get to know more about how Photojournalism World works, especially the precious chance of enjoying many international photographic masterpieces on various channels: Times Magazine, Reuters, National Geographic…throughout the process of choosing a perfect, yet suitable photo for this second blog. It's not exaggerating at all to say that the Camera is:
“An ever-attentive eye which captures eternity”
Henri Cartier-Bresson
This is an image about “Domenico di Masa plays with his granddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months after Italy allowed families to see each other again as the country began a staged end to a nationwide lockdown, in Rome, Italy, May 4, 2020”.
In this blog, I will analyze some of the most vital factors of a photograph: Composition, Lighting, Content, Timing, etc on the chosen picture. This image was taken by Yara Nardi and published on Reuters in 2020. In terms of techniques, the Composition is Symmetry because the main objects: Domenico & Cecilia are in the Center of this picture. The surrounding scene is divided equally based on the vertically central position of these two persons; which is interestingly pleasing to the viewer's eyes and also the key function of Symmetrical Composition. Secondly, due to the upright shadows of nearby objects, I can tell that this photograph was taken during daytime, maybe in the morning when the sunlight shines directly and is not too harsh, yet flattering enough to not make the picture feels surreal to the audiences; thanks to those factors that the Lighting is quite balanced and intriguing. Thirdly, Shutter Speed is how long the sensor is hit with light & it affects the motions. In this image, the shutter speed must be very fast to promptly captivate the movement when Domenico uplifted Cecilia by freezing the motion but still does not blur the picture.
Last but not least, the most crucial reason why I choose this image is because of its timely value. Our world has never been severely destructed before until the Covid-19 pandemic happened. The main content of this picture is so inspirational that the meaningful key message of cherishing love, family values popped up immediately on my mind when I first saw this image. Despite all the harmful damages that COVID-19 has caused, on the bright side, this pandemic has made us to spend more quality family time together during national lockdowns and isolations, which subsequently has created many more close-knit families and solidarity spirits all over the world.
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