1. In Jennifer Mcclure series, A Certain Distance, she focuses on real alcoholics and drug abusers in her community. After waking up from a night of partying and not remembering any events the night prior. Mcclure decided to focus entirely on real abusers and how they filled their days, how and why they got to where they are currently. It also served as a way for her to analyze her situation and decide if she too in fact has a "problem."
2. Mcclure's photographs main tool is use of aperture. For example, the pack of cigarettes and lighter in the first picture, stands out clear in the front while the clock and photograph of the young child are not as clear. Perhaps this symbolizes the user's focus on substance rather than time and family as the photo suggest. Also, the overall subject of the photos depicting a user smoking crack or the dealer standing outside the complex, gives a chilling feeling to the photos.
3. I really enjoyed Jennifer Mcclure's series, A Certain Distance. The use of natural light, attention to detail, and aperture are what stands out the most for me. I feel that the primary use of aperture helps the viewer see what the subject focuses on and blurs out the other things that lay on the outside perspective. The first picture is what captured my eye. The focus and detail of the cigarettes and lighter, as well as the blur of the clock and child photograph.
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