1.) John Gossage uses composition, lighting, and appropriate subject choices to tell a story about 'nothing'. In the first picture Gossage captures the road from a different angle than usual, and this angle makes the road seem as if its going up to 'nothing'. His choice of subject matter in the second photo is impressive. He has two dead plants, with destroyed construction in the background and a pile of dirt and debris in the mid. This gives it depth, and makes the story deeper as well. In the final photo, Gossage uses the lighting to his advantage. The box is lit on the outside so the viewer can see what it read, "Made In U.S.A", but inside it is pitch black.
2.) Maybe the reason for having the inside of the box be pitch black is to symbolize that U.S.A. is now nothing. The theme of nothingness in these pictures can give the viewer a sense of unawareness. Unawareness of the setting. Is it in the future. Is it in the past. The use of black and white helps enhance this unawareness.
3.) Gossage uses wonderful technique to show 'nothing'. If one was set in the same setting Gossage was in when taking these photos, one might assume that there is nothing to capture. However, Gossage figured out that maybe the nothing is something to capture. Maybe that nothing used to be something, so that nothing is just dead form of something. Gossage really captured something out of what others might say nothing, in a beautiful way.
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