The Flying Korean

This photograph, "The Flying Korean," was taken by Chien-Chi Chang in 2008. I love it because it is so ambiguous. The viewer is pulled into the frame because of all the unanswered questions that arise at a glance of the photograph. The background is so dark and the figure of a person is so white, creating tension in the picture, as well as drawing the eye directly to the object. The haziness of the entire picture makes me wonder exactly what is happening - where is this? Why did the photographer decided to take this shot? The figure creates a strong diagnol line that cuts the picture in half. The hazy gray in the bottom of the background helps to continue this line downward and towards the bottom right corner. As far as developing goes, Chien-Chi Chang must have made the diaphragm very open in order to let in a lot of light, as well as do a very slow shutterspeed. This made the picture blurry because lots of light was let in to create the brightness of the figure, and the blurriness comes from the very slow shutterspeed. I think it probably takes a lot of practice to create the perfect timing to get a good solid shape (for example you can tell it's a human) yet still the blurriness and ambiguous nature of the photograph.

Kelsey