Marck Wells And Venice Comparison

Pictures can capture people, places, time periods, and emotions. Although the photographer might have a certain mood in mind when taking the photo, each viewer receives different emotions from the picture due to their own personal mindset and personal experiences. Some pictures have captured similar visual background but different emotions through the details. This can be seen by comparing Venice 2003 by Marck Wells and Venice by Barrie Hopkinson visually and emotionally. These pictures of Venice have similar image arrangements but the details are different, which is enough to give the viewer different moods. Some of these different details include the lighting and items seen in the image. Once the viewer takes a look at these details …show more content…
When first looking at the image the viewer can see a canal with boats and homes all along its sides. Each docked boat belongs to one of the homes on the canal giving the sense of belonging. Based on the viewer’s opinion, it can be assumed people are living in the homes. The homes are all connected forming one long building, but the viewer can see differences in architecture that can pin point the area where one home ends and another begins. For instance, the windows have different shapes and are organized in different patterns. Another example is the bricks the homes are made out of; each home seems to have a different color of brick. Even though the color of the bricks is different for the homes, all of them feel warm and inviting. From one home’s window the viewer can see clothes hung up to dry. The clothes are hung up right above a big green bush given that area of the image lots of bright colors. These colors are attractive to the eye so the photographer might have hoped for them to give the viewer positive vibes. Farther along the canal the viewer can see a bridge going from one side of the canal to another. The bridge connects the …show more content…
Both Hopkinson and Wells’ images are of canals. These canals both have homes and vegetation along them. At first glance without looking into too much detail they seem very much alike. But there are difference in details and how the photographers capture the images. Hopkinson’s picture is black and white depriving the viewer’s eye from any color. Being in shades of blacks and greys, the images feels made up of shadows that are negatively effecting the mood creating a gloomy image with unhappy feeling. The canal is completely empty except for one dock that does not have any boats tied to it. A feeling of emptiness is received from this, causing the canal to seem even longer and lonelier than Wells’. The architecture of the buildings show little difference making it hard for the viewer to tell where the separation between the homes form. There is only a few vines hanging from two of the windows. The vines seem to creep down the wall of the homes going towards the water. Since the vines are not in color they appeal lifeless, reaching for the water that might give them some life only to never reach it. Unlike Well’s image, Hopkinson’s canal does not have a bridge or any other form of connector between the two sides causing a feeling of separation. This feeling can make the viewer lose the since of community in Hopkinson that is