What drew me to this picture were the arms that were connected behind, and on the mirror. There are many different tones in the skin, and this photo’s lighting is the perfect example to showcase that. The use of the mirror is what really strikes me as thinking ‘out-of-the-box’, as the photographer does not only use one canvas, but two. What I think this symbolizes is the relationship of human touch, and how the physical relations through our actions can effect everyone around us. There are also different races as you can point out through the skin color, and I also think that also relates to our current issues with discrimination. But the fact that each body part is touching each other might mean the way that we interact with each other is becoming closer and closer, and that we are becoming more liberal.

This photographer went on a trip to North Korea, capturing moments around the city, and exposing its culture to whoever would come across his photos. In this photo, he takes a photo of a screen, with a woman, backdrop and some numbers on top of her. I think this is really interesting because of the dotted lights that make up the photo, it’s orderly design is like a reflection of the rigid dictatorship that the country is under, it seems as if everything is mathematically perfect, because it was made that way. I think the composition is also particularly eye-catching because of the way that this photo is composed, its off-balance also reminds me of the way that the politics are in North Korea.

This high-contrast photo was my favorite photo out of the three, not only for its content but also that the way that this photo was lit, and how the shadows were casted on the subjects. The composition of this photo is half and half, it is almost completely empty on the top half, but I feel that the space leaves the audience wondering about what happened to that girl, as the black and white contrast stirs a theme that is more solemn. This photo seems as if it is representative of woman’s oppression, the masculine hand clutches her in a way that makes her vulnerable, which is what females are stereotyped as.