EGYPT. Cairo. February 11, 2011. Anti-government demonstrators celebrate following the announcement that President Mubarak had stepped down from office.
This photo was taken ten days ago, so it is relevant to everyone today. I was immediately drawn to this photography because of the black silhouette of a man that is standing in the middle on top of something that raises him above everyone else in the crowd. You cannot make out him or the other features but your eyes are drawn to the middle of the photography and then back towards the light. These lights give the photograph a lot of depth and the street that the Egyptian people are standing in seems to go on forever. It shows how many people are demonstrating against their government and even thought you cannot make out what each subject looks like, you notice by their body language that they are making a point about something. No subject is standing in the same line, which is how we learned to take a good photograph in class. Also, there are many vertical lines that go up from the street lamps and the main subject in the middle. There is also one main horizontal line underneath the subject standing. This photo captured lots of crisp detail. I like how the smoke looks against the dark sky and silhouette.
Jessica
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