Flavio Feed Zacarias Analysis

Have you ever thought that an image can give you a lot of information and emotion when you see it? Nowadays, with the developing of a smartphone, it not too hard to take a picture or an image. People take an image to keep their memories or put it on the social network to share with their friend. But more than that, an image can be used to reflect on society and life. Gordon Parks was a famous photographer use his images to help a lot of poor people. He came to the poor people at that time and took pictures of their life then posted it in the magazine to made a donation. With his images about Flavio, Gordon Parks helps the boy and his brother have a better life with a donation from people in the United State. The image “Flavio feed Zacarias” Gordon Parks used visual elements in a perfect way to show the viewer not only about the family love between brother but also the difficult life at that time in Brazil. …show more content…
Taking care of a baby and feeding them can be a big problem even for an adult, but Flavio made it look like easily. At that time, when the image was shot, Flavio still children and he had to take care of his little brother and feed him. He uses his right hand to feed Zacarias. The way he looks at his brother full of care and love. When viewers see the image they can come to the conclusion that Flavio really loves his brother. Gordon Parks show in his image a message about the connection and love between family members.
The angle and context of the image help viewer have a deep scene in their mind about the Brazilian’s lives in 1961. The image not only shows us about Flavio and his brother difficult life but also we can come a thought that there are a lot of people, children like Flavio in Brazil at that time. They have to face a great number of a problem such as poor, food, disease. They have a difficult life, but there is still love between them, the connection between each member of the