These
photographs appear to be high quality and shot with a low ISO perhaps ISO 100
or 200. The artist for most of the
photos has a shallow depth of field, which would be a wide-open aperture, or F2
maybe even F4. Instead of zooming in or
using the long lens of the camera I believe theses photographs were made by the
photographer moving either closer or further away from the subject.
The artist
wanted to show varying degrees of poverty within several minority groups. The people that she chose live on less than
one dollar a day. Including few adults
the main focus of the photographs were the children. Without the wording we can create our own
stories of how the children came to be in the conditions they are in and what
is causing their emotional state.
These photographs are very well made and carefully
constructed to portray all of these people’s different lifestyles. The light and color used in each photograph
portrays an understood feeling. This
feeling of being helpless, alone, tired, sad, hurt and confused. I also enjoy how the artist chose to blur the
background or limit the depth of field, which brings more attention to the
subject of the photographer. By bringing
more attention to the face we as the viewer are forced to focus completely on
their emotional state or what they are doing at the time.
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