Monday, November 16, 2015

American Soldier

The most powerful image was image 21, or the picture of Ian surrounded by other people an night. The picture is powerful because you can clearly see everyone's faces and the emotions on them.

Set 1 at home: images 1-3
Set 2 during training: 4-19
Set 3 in Iraq: 20-26
Image 27: Home

The most powerful set of images was the set in Iraq (20-26) because they evoked emotions. You were able to see a glimpse of what life was like in Iraq for them. The pictures flow nicely into a story, it wasn't hard to figure out what was happening in each photo, and it was easy to distinguish where the pictures where taken (at home, training, or Iraq).

His captions are usually written in present tense, for example, "Ian studies his transcript".
The use of present tense makes reading the captions more interesting, because although it is obvious the actions in the pictures already took place, it's cool to see actions as though they are being committed as you are reading the caption.

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