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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Seoung Hee Yoo, Reaction essay final, Tues56
Reaction Essay
Housewife
A picture is worth more than a thousand words. A photograph tells a story, captures history and shows culture. The two photographs depict two women from different periods of time. The first picture, title 'Housewife, 1930s' by Granger shows the stereotypical housewife from the 1930s. The other photograph titled 'Housewife and children having stress' from Dreamstime, depicts a modern mother of the 21st century. The theme of both photographs are identical, but viewers can infer that the housewives from different centuries of each photo lived very different lives.
In Granger's photograph, you can see a housewife holding a pie while she is smiling at her daughter in the center of the photograph. To the left, the daughter is looking up to her mother with an empty plate in her hands as if she is asking for more pie. To the right, there is a small, white, opened refrigerator that is as tall as the mother. Inside the refrigerator, you can see vegetables, canned foods, fruits, milk and jars neatly arranged. The background of the photograph is very plain and simple with no decoration. You can tell that the kitchen is not modern because all the furniture is small. The picture is also black and white so viewers can instantly tell that it was taken a long time ago. Furthermore, their fashion tells a lot about the culture from this period. The mother is wearing a long, dark dress with black heels and thick make up. Her fashionable white apron made from thin cotton is tied around her waist. The daughter is also wearing a short, single dress and plain black shoes with socks. Although they are at home, they are completely dressed which shows feminine values of this period.
The housewife in the second photograph depicts a very different image. The photograph is a closer shot of the housewife and her two children. The mother is holding onto a small child in one hand, and stirring a big pan with a wooden spoon in the other. She is talking on the phone which is held between her shoulder and face. The small child in the mother's arm is supporting the mouthpiece of the phone to the mother's mouth. The other daughter is standing beside the mother and watching her mother stir the food with her head slightly tilted to one side. The mother is wearing a plain, white shirt and a long apron above it. Her hair is messy, held back by bobby pins and hair clips. In the background, there is a row of kitchen utensils hung on one side of the wall and decorative curtains on the other. The kitchen and the style of the mother reminds us of busy mothers today.
In 'Housewife, 1930s,' you can instantly guess that the photograph was taken a century earlier from today by looking at the housewife's dress, style and hair style. The kitchen is very simple with little furniture and equipment because there was little technological development during this period of time. Furthermore, the woman seems relaxed as her shoulders are slightly slouched and is smiling warmly at her daughter. She depicts the stereotypical perfect housewife of the 1930s, who finishes her domestic chores on time, raise children and still manage to look elegant. To the contrary, the mother in 'Housewife and children having stress,' looks very busy as she is doing various tasks simultaneously. You can tell that the mother doesn't have enough time to dress up or do her hair as much as the housewife in the first photograph. If she works, she is most probably talking to her boss over the phone, or possibly to her husband. The photograph is more realistic and shows the busy life of a housewife. You can immediately guess that the photograph was taken in recent years because the kitchen looks much more modern with colorful decorations and expensive silverware.
Two housewives are depicted in these two photographs. The main center of interest, which is the housewife, is centered in the middle of the picture in both photos. The background of the photo gives viewers an idea of the period of time and culture that the photo was taken. Even the fashion of the housewives show that they have different styles. One housewife finishes her domestic chores and has time to dress up while the other doesn't have enough time on her hands. From these two frozen moments, viewers are able to interpret the story of these two women.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Gayeon Lee/My Reaction to War Pictures/Tues 5-6
People in Wars
History repeats itself. So does the history of war. A war only makes people's lives fall into ruin, and leaves them with pain and grief. Nevertheless, wars continue to break out from all over the world and civilians are suffering from their nation blind with greed. Below are photographs which show how innocent people suffer from wars. There are countless numbers of wars, but they are Korean War and Vietnam War which are closely related to Koreans of nowadays. The two photos capture the tragic scenes of the survivors from the two different wars.
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First photo was taken by a photographer visiting Korea during its civil war. There is a frightening-looking armored car behind a teenage girl. She is carrying a baby on her back. The children are both wearing soiled clothes and their faces are covered with crud. I guess the little boy is her baby brother. In Korea, a mother holds her baby like the way the girl carries his brother. In that, we can infer that they lost their mother in the war and that the teenage girl has to make all the way through hardships while raising her own brother. I first saw this picture when I was in high school and I felt really bad imagining their lives afterwards.
The other one was taken by AP during the Vietnam War. There is a woman wailing over the body of her husband. When I first saw this picture, I didn't know what the thing covered with plastic is. However, as soon as I found out the words 'Vietnam War' under the photo, I was sure that it is a dead body and he or she is somehow really important to the crying woman. Then the description under the photo revealed that the body is her husband's and he was dead during the Vietnam War. She is really small and looks quite young. Maybe they were newly-married, and the young husband had to fight in the war. Even though she is a total stranger to me, my heart aches for her when I think of her being left alone.
The two photographs were taken in different periods and in different countries. However, they are quite similar in that they both depict the loss of their loved ones. A girl and a baby in the Korean War lost their parents in the incident and a Vietnam woman in the picture lost her husband in the war. Regardless of time and place, people's lives become disastrous after wars and photography has been played an important role to let the world realize the seriousness of wars.
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