When looking at this picture the first thing which came in to my mind was the element of growing. Aspects of this image show growth through the fact that a baby is wearing a pair of grown woman shoes. The fact that a baby has been used which we know from the nappy, reinforces the idea of growth because the baby is the youngest form of life therefore has many years to experiment. This is why I think the baby has been out there wearing those shoes to give a sense of still being childish and not being fully grown as a man or woman yet. When looking at a picture with the element of growing, you would expect to see the colour green somewhere in the picture but this image does not use it at all but still portrays the word growing in my eyes, which is why the colour green is used for the word growing in my colour palette. Since we do not know if it is a boy or girl in the shoes we cannot be stereotypical and say it's a girl straight away due to just the fact that the shoes are woman shoes. The image uses very light toned colours for example the Pink shoes. The shoes give a sense of sensitivity and emotion in the image making us feel like the baby is going through different emotions through his life and does not know what he wants yet, which could be a reason of why the baby is in the grown woman's shoes. The image is taken with a close up shot focusing on the baby's lower body and shoes rather than the background. The background is also very simplistic due to the fact that there is nothing going on and you can't see ahead of you with just a rocky surface on the floor which could suggest that when your growing you don't know what is ahead of you in your future and when your going to stop growing. The background can also be looking empty to put more emphasis and focus on the baby and the shoes.
By: Mohammad Reza Jafari-Fini

1 comment:
You have explored the element of growth in your photo really well, by highlighting the importance that placing a baby’s feet inside an adults shoe, has in connoting the meaning you wanted to find in the photo. I also like how you mentioned the colour green and how it is also associated with growth to emphasise how your photograph also successfully represents growth without the use of green in its own way.
For the part where you mention that we can’t determine the baby’s gender, it would have even better if you talked about the use of crop and how that also helps to enhance your point, since it places the focus on the action rather than the gender, showing that it doesn’t matter in a way.
I got a bit confused after the ‘the image uses light tones’ I’m not sure if the following point about sensitivity is related to the light colours are not, if it is then it makes sense if it isn't then you could have expand bit more on what those light tones mean.
I agree with your view that the baby doesn’t know what he/she wants yet and how thats shown with the shoes, since that shows that he/she is experimenting with an object that he/she sees adults wearing and is seeing how it feels to wear it, but I'm not sure how that relates to the different emotions in life.
I REALLY like your interpretation of the light background and how that is linked to an uncertain future which goes back to your main focus growth.
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