This famous photo called “Lynching” is one of the most polarizing photos created by Tyler Shields. The photo is black and white and it shows a black man lynching a KKK member. The background also consists of woods. The black and white color effect gives the picture a more powerful meaning. The purpose of creating this photo was to challenge the people. The author uses these photos to speak and that the meaning and issues of today’s time could be read from the images. Tyler Shields was born in Jacksonville Florida in 1982. He is recognized for being Hollywood’s most famous photographer.Tyler Shields, as an artist, attempts to move through the complexes and layers of the “celebrity” sphere, into an inherently tangible vision of the portrait,
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Lynchings were turning into a famous method for settling a portion of the outrage that whites had in connection to the free blacks. From 1882-1968, 4,743 lynchings happened in the United States. Of these individuals that were lynched 3,446 were African American. The blacks lynched represented 72.7% of the general population lynched. This photo appealed to pathos because black women, men, and children were killed by lynch mobs. Racism in America is very recurrent in today’s time. In fact, racial governmental issues remains a noteworthy wonder, and prejudice keeps on being reflected in financial inequality. So from an African American’s point of view, this would be a picture describing the hate that they received. This picture is known to upset many people mostly because it is told to resemble “hatred”. It brings out a lot of past emotions and for some African Americans, these emotions are still current. This photo appeals to logos because it challenges what it really means to be living in the 21st century. In today’s time, racial injustice is still very prevalent and this photo challenges that. Blacks are demanding their exact rights and freedoms because freedom is and was never really free.This photo can represent the way African Americans feel about white privileges and represent how whites should feel. In the 19th century, whites use to rejoice while hanging black’s and taking pictures of the …show more content…
Viewers can see a KKK member hanging from the rope over water deep in the woods. The woods in photos often symbolize the oblivious and it’s filled with secrets. The woods is where slaves practiced their secret religions. It was a place where they could feel free and it was the place where slaves would go through when they tried to escape. The water in this photo symbolizes for cleansing and when slaves tried to escape they would get in the water because it cleansed their scent. It alluded to the song wade in the water which secretly told the slaves to get off the trail and into the water to ensure the canines slave catchers utilized couldn't sniff out their trail. In the picture, the black man is standing in the water and he seems to be using all of his strength to hang the KKK member aka white supremacist. Although most people may know what a KKK member does and says, in this photo, the member could represent racial injustice, inequality, and etc. The grey color theme makes the photo very neutral and it helps the reader focus on what is going on in the photo. The grey color theme could also compromise for just either being black or
Lynchings were turning into a famous method for settling a portion of the outrage that whites had in connection to the free blacks. From 1882-1968, 4,743 lynchings happened in the United States. Of these individuals that were lynched 3,446 were African American. The blacks lynched represented 72.7% of the general population lynched. This photo appealed to pathos because black women, men, and children were killed by lynch mobs. Racism in America is very recurrent in today’s time. In fact, racial governmental issues remains a noteworthy wonder, and prejudice keeps on being reflected in financial inequality. So from an African American’s point of view, this would be a picture describing the hate that they received. This picture is known to upset many people mostly because it is told to resemble “hatred”. It brings out a lot of past emotions and for some African Americans, these emotions are still current. This photo appeals to logos because it challenges what it really means to be living in the 21st century. In today’s time, racial injustice is still very prevalent and this photo challenges that. Blacks are demanding their exact rights and freedoms because freedom is and was never really free.This photo can represent the way African Americans feel about white privileges and represent how whites should feel. In the 19th century, whites use to rejoice while hanging black’s and taking pictures of the …show more content…
Viewers can see a KKK member hanging from the rope over water deep in the woods. The woods in photos often symbolize the oblivious and it’s filled with secrets. The woods is where slaves practiced their secret religions. It was a place where they could feel free and it was the place where slaves would go through when they tried to escape. The water in this photo symbolizes for cleansing and when slaves tried to escape they would get in the water because it cleansed their scent. It alluded to the song wade in the water which secretly told the slaves to get off the trail and into the water to ensure the canines slave catchers utilized couldn't sniff out their trail. In the picture, the black man is standing in the water and he seems to be using all of his strength to hang the KKK member aka white supremacist. Although most people may know what a KKK member does and says, in this photo, the member could represent racial injustice, inequality, and etc. The grey color theme makes the photo very neutral and it helps the reader focus on what is going on in the photo. The grey color theme could also compromise for just either being black or