Connecting Essay 3

This is an image which I have found online which I find really interesting. This is because the photographer has captured the frame of a ruin which looks potentially quite old and dirty, yet this is "run down" appeal to the image is masked through the rest of the image, the photographer has used the arch to frame the other side, it is almost as if it is another world in comparison to what the audience are presented with in the foreground. Another aspect which I think is quite interesting is the fact that this photographer has actually decided to take the image at a slight angle rather than having a head on image, however this may have been because it the photographer did do this, there wouldn't have been these trees in the shot, thus losing the effect that this image does actually have. Furthermore, I find the use of colouring in this image quite interesting because the framing used by the arch is quite "bland" and boring being a general grey colour, although when you look deeper in the frame the audience are presented with bright green- environmental life as opposed to historical decay.

This is an image which I took for my first shoot of ruins. I chose this image as one of my strongest images in that particular shoot because as a whole I am really happy with the outcome. Originally, my main intentions was purely to get a photo of the ruins of the wall, however, when looking at the location, I thought it was so much more interesting when taking this photo if I were to focus on the tree in the framing of the arch as well. This is because the "burnt" colouring of the bricks are contrasted with the greenery in the frame. As the composition of the image was focused on being head on,it is almost as if I edited in the tree, it appears to be a gateway into another land. I find this image has quite good symbolism standing alone as an image because the wall which frames this image is quite damaged due to the age of it, but then at first glance people may suggest this is contrasted by the life of the tree, however, the trees in the background would be quite old as well- obviously not as old at the wall but they are not newly planted trees, thus showing the life in this picture is actually a sign of age as well, just in another form. 

I find that these images connect really well. Firstly, the main similarity is the use of framing, both images have almost created "images within images", which I find really interesting because its almost as if both images have created gateways/ edits of completely different places. Additionally, these images connect because of the actual content of what is in the photo image- they are both of arches which continue into an area with trees. Furthermore, the use of colour both help these images connect because of the colours of the arches being contrasted with the colour of the green in the frame of the image.