Lone Survivor
I picked this photograph after looking at all of the blog photographs. I wanted to the viewer to sympathize with the photograph. To some extent, I believe that much of the population has become numb to photographs that have content that deals with suffering. This is possible that some of us have become numb because we see so much violence, sex, suffering, etc. on TV, in the movies, and in other forms of media. I picked this photo in hopes that the blog viewers would stop and try to imagine and appreciate this woman's history.
This photograph is a wide shot of an elderly woman. Her body position suggests that she is suffering after being badly injured. The text below the photo tells is that she was "badly injured after being exposed to a poisonous gas" (http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/lone-survivor-this-elderly-wo). She is placed in the center of the photograph and is the focal point. Her right hand is holding her head up as she stares down at the ground stressing that she is reflecting on her thoughts. The photo is black and white, which is a good color choice because it gives off the impression of being a very depressing photo. The black and white colors of the photograph emphases the dirtiness in her everyday clothing. She is also holding a dirty white cloth that is absorbing the blood from her bleeding lip. Her head is covered with a cloth. Since is fully covered from head to, it is possible that she is trying to hide either her body and/or her emotions. It looks as though this photograph was not modeled, She was probably just sitting there and the photographer moved the camera to get the shot he wanted instead of moving the women.
I googled a ton of adjectives describing women so I could find a photo of a woman that spoke to me. I googled the words suffering woman and I found this photo. I wanted to know this woman's history and what she had just gone through. Some people ignore the suffering because they don't know how they can help, don't want to help, or are just consumed in their everyday life. This photograph is inspiring me to look deeper in to the history of individuals and hopefully give me a new outlook on people who are suffering.