Pancake House Photograph Analysis

The photograph in question depicts an ordinary inner city Pancake House restaurant and surrounding urban street clutter. Judging from the presence of an air conditioning system mounted in the window of the restaurant, a newspaper vending machine just outside, and the prominent hippie flower painted upon a pillar, it can be deduced that the photograph was taken in Chicago, America in the late 1960s or early 1970s. There is also a strong sense of verticality emanating from the foreground objects in the photograph. Pillars and poles all show prominent vertical lines in an almost artistic composition in the photograph, effectively dividing and drawing attention to the main focus areas.

The hippie flower has a strong and figurative presence in