Implicitness In Richard Misrach's Photography

In Richard Misrach exquisite photograph, it displays a portrait of Border Cantos as a land separated by a dark red fence and a split road heading three different ways. The purpose of art is evoke emotion and thought in the viewer. Admirers of the art piece will see the physical characteristics, or the explicit portion and the deeper meaning and emotion, or the implicit portion, of the art. As you look at this artwork that portrays the 2,000 miles long border between the United States and Mexico, many thoughts run through viewer's head, as this border stirs up a lot of opinions. But there a few key features of the photograph that will bring the explicit and implicitness more forward. Explicitness is easy to see. It is what you can physically see as you look at the art. Examples of explicitness is that throughout the picture, the sky is dark and cloudy. The dark red and tall fence stretches for miles and miles on end. A brown dirt path breaks off into three separate paths. One path goes north, one goes …show more content…
If you think one path is better than the other than you would choose or perhaps you would let fate decide what path you take. Choosing the path to the left is dark and gloomy but you can see the path clearly and could possible be more safer than taking the path on the right. But the path on the right is unknown to the viewer. But if you take the chance and take the unknown path, it can possibly be better than the path to the left. This photograph altogether represents uncertainty in life because it displays 2 paths we can have in life. One where we can see clearly and one that holds scary possibilities. The one we can see clearly, we can see the end result, so you can prepare for it more easily. While the path to the right is unknown and holds a scary sense of uncertainty, yet it holds the chance of being better than the left