Elise Raffa

 

 

 

 

 

 

I chose this picture out of the selection because I think it is the one which has the most impact. I think it correlates with the nursery rhyme "peter pumpkin" as that specific nursery rhyme is about how a man kidnapped his wife and held her hostage. I really like the composition of the photo with the two subjects just off centre as I feel it adds to the quirkiness of the story that it portrays. You cannot see first of all but if you study the image, in the background there is a black cow which isn't usual for photo's because you don't tend to want other things disturbing the focus of the main subjects. Once you realise it is there, it is quite scary and you start to question "why" but that, to me, relates to people asking the man "why" would he do such thing to a woman he is supposed to love.

 

 

 

 

 

I think this photo resembles the famous childhood story of little red riding hood. I really like the simplicity of the photo and I feel the long, red cloak adds so much to the image. I think the colours works really well and compliments the image greatly as it makes the sky seem like it is stirring up a storm symbolising a storm, almost foreshadowing for what is to come later in the story. The one thing I don't like about this photo is that you can see the communication wire in the back ground which I feel just completely takes the impact away from the image.

 

 

 

 

 

This photo, although it is so very simple, I feel it has the most impact because of the obvious, the teddy bear is on fire. The teddy bear is a well-known symbol of childhood and to see it on fire is kind of like burning childhood memories. For me, this symbolises the damage the nursery rhymes would do to a child if they learnt the true meanings behind them. The fire symbolises the serenity of the stories behind them and the girl with a cup of tea symbolises society carrying on like it is the norm as they do not understand the true reasons behind them. I don't personally feel it is the strongest image from Elise Raffa but as I said, i think it is maybe one of the most influential and impacting.