Figure SEQ Figure \* ARABIC 1: Photo by Jerome Starkey, of Specialist Jacob William Moore. Nov 2010.
The piece of art I will be using is an unnamed photo taken by war photographer Jerome Starkey, of US Army Specialist Jacob William Moore. It was taken in Southern Afghanistan in November 2010, after two explosive devices detonated on his squad. The first wounded a single man, Abdul Razak, the second wounding the stretcher team carrying Razak, Moore and Sergeant Sean Flannery. The photo was taken aboard an air medivac helicopter.
Being a photograph, there are some things that are given: it can’t be anything but representational, as a photo captures things that we see and recognize as real and corporeal. There are no lines: reality has edges, folds, and contours. The space is three dimensional by simply being a photo, and by basic definition, photography is the capture of time and movement. …show more content…
Military equipment is kept in drab, non-reflecting, natural colors and tones. The greens and tans of the uniform exist to blend with the greens and tans of the Earth: sand, grass, dirt, trees. These would cause the colors to blend into a boring mass, were it not for the white of intravenous (IV) fluid bags, and the crimson red of blood. The IV bags stand out drastically against the medium to dark tones of the helicopters frame and Moore’s uniforms, almost creating a chiaroscuro or tenebrism. The red of Moore’s blood, due to wounds caused by the second explosion, has the most vibrant color of the photo, creating a focal point and drawing attention to his face. Blood is a fluid, and the bright contrast of the white gives the blood a syrupy, sticky look, clinging to Moore’s face rather than just dripping off (even though it’s clearly dripped onto his equipment, I don’t know how I would describe that. Color bleed,
The piece of art I will be using is an unnamed photo taken by war photographer Jerome Starkey, of US Army Specialist Jacob William Moore. It was taken in Southern Afghanistan in November 2010, after two explosive devices detonated on his squad. The first wounded a single man, Abdul Razak, the second wounding the stretcher team carrying Razak, Moore and Sergeant Sean Flannery. The photo was taken aboard an air medivac helicopter.
Being a photograph, there are some things that are given: it can’t be anything but representational, as a photo captures things that we see and recognize as real and corporeal. There are no lines: reality has edges, folds, and contours. The space is three dimensional by simply being a photo, and by basic definition, photography is the capture of time and movement. …show more content…
Military equipment is kept in drab, non-reflecting, natural colors and tones. The greens and tans of the uniform exist to blend with the greens and tans of the Earth: sand, grass, dirt, trees. These would cause the colors to blend into a boring mass, were it not for the white of intravenous (IV) fluid bags, and the crimson red of blood. The IV bags stand out drastically against the medium to dark tones of the helicopters frame and Moore’s uniforms, almost creating a chiaroscuro or tenebrism. The red of Moore’s blood, due to wounds caused by the second explosion, has the most vibrant color of the photo, creating a focal point and drawing attention to his face. Blood is a fluid, and the bright contrast of the white gives the blood a syrupy, sticky look, clinging to Moore’s face rather than just dripping off (even though it’s clearly dripped onto his equipment, I don’t know how I would describe that. Color bleed,