{"id":116479,"date":"2018-10-26T13:54:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T20:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=116479"},"modified":"2018-10-26T13:58:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T20:58:25","slug":"deep-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/26\/deep-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"

What makes a great photo? By how profound it is \u00e2\u20ac\u201d or deep.<\/p>\n

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What is deep photography?<\/h2>\n

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Deep: profound.<\/p>\n

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When you look at a picture, and it says something deep and profound about society, about human emotions, or soul.<\/p>\n

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For example, this French fry suit. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve not made many photos that was able to do the following:<\/p>\n

\n Make the human soul naked.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can see all of his anxieties, fears, and emptiness \u00e2\u20ac\u201d all through that metaphorical French fry. Look at his hand gesture, his forlorn eye expression, and how he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s holding that last fry.<\/p>\n

\n What is this a metaphor for?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cherry on top<\/h2>\n

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To me, a great photo has a small \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Easter egg\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cherry on top\u00e2\u20ac\u009d somewhere in the background.<\/p>\n

This picture (I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t notice it until afterwards): the bull in the background (bull as a metaphor for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153bull market\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u201d a profitable market). How does this connect with the image, with the two suits in conversation (man on the left looking miserable, the one on the right licking his thumbs?<\/p>\n

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Deep symbolism<\/h2>\n

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Picture:<\/p>\n

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  1. American flag<\/li>\n
  2. Suit with red tie <\/li>\n
  3. Stock exchange <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the symbolism here?<\/p>\n

    Photos that ask more questions than provide answers<\/h2>\n

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    Escapism.<\/p>\n

    What is this old Japanese suit man escaping from? Why not just play this game on his phone?<\/p>\n

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    Human relationships<\/h2>\n

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    What does this picture portray about the relationship of these two humans? What does their facial expressions convey? And how is this juxtaposed with the background (black and white actors having fun?)<\/p>\n

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    Another example (hand gestures):<\/p>\n

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    Visual Metaphor<\/h2>\n

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    The tie as a metaphor for a noose (suicide).<\/p>\n

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