Tinn Ou

Brian Quentin Webb, "Safe Haven"

2008, Kodak Tri-X400 film 

The contrast of this exposure immediately captured my attention, seeing the figure inside of the coffee/ bakery shop and then seeing the figure out in the wind and rain. The composition is beautiful. Without the figure in the left, the photo would seem incomplete. The photographer mentions how timing is everything and Webb definitely captured this scene at the right time. You have to appreciate the layer that the rain and the wind create, and the effect that the black and white gives to the picture. The story behind this takes place during typhoon Jangmi, in Taipei, Taiwan. The photographer goes out to get cake and coffee for his wife. It's interesting to think about that even during a life-threatening typhoon; you still have the option of grabbing some "essentials" for your loved ones. This shows that amidst all that chaos and destruction, there will always be a safe haven. 

Jasmine Gill

Alfred Eisenstaedt, "V-J Day in Times Square"

1945,Gelatin silver print

I chose this image because of the history it represents. In the summer of 1945 sailors are home from the Japan War and are cheerful about their victory. This sailor specifically was so happy he grabbed a random nurse and kissed her, and a photographer was there to capture the moment. I'm a hopeless romantic and find this picture to extremely delightful. It just captures the love and excitement in the air.

Jessica Bermejo

Jessica Bermejo

Gregory Crewdson "Untitled (Beneath the Roses Series)"

 

With a click of a camera single moments, thoughts ,and feelings can be captured forever. I chose this photograph by Gregory Crewdson because in this image I feel like the camera. Like a peeping tom if you will, glancing and observing this specific moment in their life.

The moment when the façade they created blurs and their deepest and darkest desires surface and are distraught. For the front they created felt truer than the truth.

The moment in were they feel melancholic for what they have because it is exactly what they thought they wanted.

Tahera Hossini

Tahera Hossini

Uta Barth Emulation "B"

March 13, 2013

This picture was taken by Uta Bart. Uta Barth is a famous Photographer, whose projects are amazingly attractive and it captures one's mind and have its audience wondering what the meaning behind her pictures are. In each of her pictures, it draws a line between how a human eye visualizes the reality out there and how a camera takes picture of it. In all her photos, her focus is the light that reflects in or on what she is about to take picture of. And most of them were taken when the light was reflecting inside a building. In this photo she kind of went on a different direction and she likes the color and the radiating rays that are showing half way. For some people this picture might be really simple and not much to say but the reason why this photo captured my eye and impressed me was because it gives me hope. The distance between sun and us human being are very far apart but even when we are staring out our window to a whole new world out there trying to figure out whether we are going to reach our dreams or not, the light always shines in from a corner where it's in the most unexpected place and angle, it gives us hope for whatever we are aiming for in life. It tells us no matter how far away we might think we are from the sun, but in reality this sun which we symbolize as "HOPE", is always going to be in the picture when we are about to give up. This sun will guide us and takes us one more step closer to what we want in life.

Monique Munoz

Monique Munoz

Danny Wilcox Frazier, "Lydia and Tatum Cree"

2004

This image by Danny Wilcox Frazier is inspiring and beautiful. I liked the way he used contrast and the bright light to emphasis the baby's face, the image brings a sense of joy and intimacy, because the woman is bringing a precious new life to earth. The legs of the woman, surrounding the child, symbolize her strength. Her legs also lead our eyes to her newborn. 

Iris Ying

Iris Ying
Dorothea Lange "Migrant Mother"
1936 silver print


The photographer I choose is an iconic image by Dorothea Lange. Lange concentrates on shooting the Mother's face, surrounded only by the heads of her children, without an unnecessary background. The image is reflection of Lange's generation, the poverty of the time and the migrant population.

Leah Barker

Leah Barker
Leonard Freed,"March on Washington"
1963

This photo was captured in the early 1960's during a time where African Americans were mistreated and not always treated with equity. The great Martin Luther King Jr. was known for his determination to create equality for all people. The image is shot so King is larger than life in the foreground, illiciting a feeling of his power and agency to bring all people together. He said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers."

Michelle Nunes

Michelle Nunes

Sebastio Salgado, Untitled

1985, gelatin silver print

Sebastio Salgado is a former economist who now uses photography to explore complicated topics like famine, woking conditions in third world countries, and most recently nature as it is untouched by humans.

I chose this particular image because, on many levels, it exemplifies complexities and juxtapositions that ignite emotion in me every time I see it. I never imagined famine could be made so visually beautiful until seeing this image. The subject in the foreground, whom I believe to be a mother (with her two children), appears both like as provider of life and a visual portrayal of death. Considering Salgado's images of famine, it consistently takes my breath away. The two children, staying close for protection, seem as though they are being lead into a vast nothingness, a heartbreaking visual. The counterbalance of the subjects in the background in the vast white emptiness and the turned head of the young girl keep my eyes circling back to the foreground before looking back on her again. The composition keeps me in the frame, living the moment, until I force myself to look away. This mastery of composition elicits a  deep sense of empathy, which seem to deliberately invite the viewer to become involved in other ways long after seeing the image.

Ruixi Lin

Ruixi Lin
David Noton ,"Waiting for the Light"

David Noton is a landscape and travel photographer. Noton made this image in Singapore. I am intrigued by his use of color and light. The morning sunlight has a special subdued color beauty. The photograph focuses on the woman in the foreground, the blurry subjects in the background wear green and pink clothes, that allow the subject to further be pushed into the forefront. The and the subject appear at peace.

Kayla Evans

Kayla Evans

Weegee (Arthur Fellig) "Tenement Penthouse"

1941 Gelatin Silver Print

I find this photo intriguing simply because it reminds me of what my family dealt with for years. The single bedroom with only one bed for everyone to sleep on is an all too familiar scene. This photo offers viewers a moment to live in what was a relatively terrifying time in US History. During the early 1940's the United States declared its position in WW2, and as history will tell us, war does severe damage to the economic state of a country. Poorer families were forced to move and live in greater poverty, and the image reveals just how unfortunate some households became.

Selene Cervantes

Selene Cervantes
Steve McCurry "Afghan Girl"
1984, Cibachrome

Steve McCurry is known for his contemorary photojournalism. The image, "Afghan Girl" was made in 1994 during a civil war in Afghanistan, while working on a story for the National Geographic. McCurry encountered the young girl while touring a refugee camp. Her photograph was then featured as the cover for a June issue in 1985. Nothing was known of this mysterious girl whose face had become an icon until McCurry tracked her down 17 years later and made a new portrait of her. For me, this photograph signifies a true beauty, without adherence to a western aesthetic, but still able to captivate one's eyes and heart with a solitary silent look.

Dylan Beatty

Dylan Beatty
Chris Killip

Helen and Hula-Hoop, Seacoal Beach, Lynemouth, Tyneside, UK, 

1984, Gelatin silver print

I was captivated by this photograph as soon as I saw it. It shows a moment in a young girl's life that at first may look sad and depressing, yet it does not have to be. Taken in Seacoal Beach, the scene appears that of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The subject, a young girl, does not appear to notice her bleak surroundings as she plays with her hula hoop. The image speaks of childhood innocence and joy in the face of adversity that I aspire to never lose as I grow older. 

The photograph is from the book In Flagrante, containing some of the most influential images from 1980s Britain. This image won Killip the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award.

Jazmine Farmer

Jazmine Farmer

Aart Klein, "Untitled"

1958

The photograph I chose was from the photographer Aart Klein. Klein was born in the Netherlands in 1909 and died in 2001. He was a Dutch photographer and for him, photography was "writing with light on a black background." In 1930 he joined a photo agency, Polygon, as an administrative assistant and within years he became one of the most important photographers at the agency. Soon after he became a founder of a new agency, Particam, and taught at the Academy of Utrecht. The image chosen was particularly difficult to find on the Internet, and the book I found it from had no information behind the photographer either. But from my perspective, this image portrays not simply just a ride at a carnival, but the meaning behind the carnival itself: an event to bring people together to enjoy spending time with each other. So when I saw this image nostalgia hit me like a brick. It reminded me of when I was younger, my family and I used to go to the Orange County Fair every summer and the ride photographed was coincidentally my favorite. So this photograph in particular brought back a few memories I wish I could relive. 

Justin Lieberman

Justin Lieberman
Bob Willoughby, "Big Jay McNeely Driving the Crowd at the Olympic Auditorium into a Frenzy"
1953

I chose this photograph because it describes in the best way possible what different kinds of emotions people encounter at concerts. I am a huge music fan and go to many concerts and it is very difficult to capture the emotions I feel when I am in the audience. This image provides a perfect still of what it was like at a Jazz concert in 1953. It reminds me of my enormous energy I bring to concerts. In my opinion, music gives me the opportunity to escape from future anxiety and be in the moment. This picture reflects the way I feel about music and provides the exact reason I am in love with Jazz.

Emily Pierce

Emily Pierce
Steve McCurry, "Afghanistan"
Date not found, digital

This photo speaks to me personally in that it reminds me of my constant desire to get away from the world, and take a quite moment to myself to reflect on my thoughts. The landscape the man is in also greatly reflects the area where I grew up, which brings up find childhood memories of my friends and I going hiking in the local mountain ranges. The album title, "Step by Step," says a lot about what this photograph is trying to convey. The sense that even though the entire world is bearing down on you, if you can manage to keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking it all as a series of single steps, everything will turn out alright in the end. And you may spend some of that time alone, but that isn't always a bad thing. Everything will turn out OK.

Hengyu He

Hengyu He
Kevin McCollister "LA Nights" (untitled)
2012

Kevin McCollister wanders the dimly lit streets of Los Angeles making visual poems.

I choose this image because it makes me feel calm, taking me away from the noisy city, so I can think.  It makes me remember my grandfather, a great man to me. We lived in a small house when I was a child. My parents were busy at their business. So, I lived with my grandfather. He would answer all of my childish questions, and as the subject in the image, he would suffer stress quietly and give without asking. I miss him and am full of his memory, by seeing the isolate silent figure. 

Minyu Zhang

Minyu Zhang

Philipp Scholz Rittermann, "Burnt-Out Warehouse",

1987, Gelatin-silver print

The photographer's name was Philipp Scholz Rittermann, he love uses urban, industrial and natural landscapes to analyze the ends of our environment. The most famous works he did was in the Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego published a monograph of his work titled "Navigating by Light."

I choose this picture because he just choose black & white to creating images which are often used as visual anchors in architectural spaces. In my mind, this images can reflections of the gap between the rich and poor. Sometimes person just can focus on how wonderful and bustling in Texas but ignore that there are many person do not have a home even their home been burn out. It also tell us there are many things we can't control and this is our real world.

So that's why I love the Black and White photograph because it looks simple but it can shows in a directly way to reflect many things and give visuals a different senses.

Amanda Rossetti Variani

Amanda Rossetti Variani
Lumière Brothers, "Young Lady with an Umbrella"
1906 – 1910, Autochrome

In 1907 The Lumière Brothers created autochrome process, making the color of the photographs more transparent and real.

This image reminds me of home. I had the opportunity to grow up in town but also in the countryside, and the best memories I have from my childhood are from my farm house; the colors, the young lady, the road and the houses in the background of this image, all, incredibly resemble my countryside home. In the image the lady is lit from above sitting with her umbrella. It might rain any moment. She is waiting. What is she waiting for, her lover, her friend, or maybe just the rain? There is a road; the road can lead to a house or to a person. Every road leads to somewhere or to someone, I wonder if she is just waiting for somebody to come to her. The image allows the viewer to create a narrative, to connect and navigate deep into it the moment.

Maxwell Monitz

Maxwell Monitz

John T. Daniels, First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

1903, Glass Negative, dry plate

            This photograph speaks to not just where we have been in the past, but where we are going in the future. When this photograph was taken in 1903, it must have been a major source of inspiration. I can only imagine the sense of awe and wonderment it must have inspired for someone to look at this in the early nineteen hundreds. I have such a deep understanding and appreciation for this photograph for both a technical understanding as well as a piloting understanding. As a pilot myself, I cannot help but put myself in this photograph. What would it have been like to live, fly, and learn in this time. The very real fear that every single time you would get into the Kitty Hawk could very well be your last. No information of flight, aeronautical advances, aeronautical safety, nothing has been discovered yet. The joy, excitement, wonderment, desire, and straight fear must have been at a previously unreached level. I hope to capture a moment like this in time myself one day.

Grant Sicora-Friesen

Grant Sicora-Friesen

Héctor García "Campesino con hoja/ Peasant with Leaf"

1965, Gelatin silver print 10 x 8 in

Héctor García a Mexican photographer who went out to Mexico's country side seeking ancient Mexican rituals. He focused on laborers and captured this Peasant exploring his imagination.

I love this black and white photograph portraying a farmer having a giant leaf on his back like a coat. This makes me think of human's around the world with different characteristics. I related to this photography so much because if I came across a large leaf like this I would probably do the same and wear it around like wings.

What I like the most about this photo is that it captures this Peasant's own personality and the light tones across his back make the leaf look apart of his body. The wrinkles and ridges in the leaf to the smooth textures in the cowboy hat and face give this photo a really good balance.  I love how the leaf looks well-worn and just hugging the man. I think of a peaceful moment for this Peasant here just wearing a leaf on a hot summer's day.

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Jonathan Bosse

Jonathan Bosse

​Edward Steichen, "The Flatiron Building" 

1905

This photo was taken at the turn of the 20th century during a winter evening in New York City. One can see the photo has many elements. The bright streetlamps reflect off the dark wet pavement. The mist in the air gives a sense of dimension and eeriness.The trees fill the empty sky with twisting branches. Then there are flat silhouettes of people moving about adding life. But as beautiful they are, these elements seem to be nothing but a sideshow. The focus is on the building in the foreground. This building, the Flatiron Building, was considered an architectural feat and has been an iconic piece of New York City's architecture to this day. It was a big milestone in the city's evolution into the sky scraper clustered manhattan known today. I chose this  photo because it reflects the turn of the century.  The building sits behind the trees and mist dominating the landscape alluding to the future yet to come. 

Nick Evans

Nick Evans
Ray Lussier "The Goal"
1970

I admire this photo because of it's ability to capture such a high level of intensity that occurred in a mere instant, made just milli-seconds after Bobby Orr scored the winning goal for the Boston Bruins, earning them the Stanley Cup that season. As Bobby scored that goal he was tripped, so as the puck went in the net he went flying through the air like superman. In the background the crowd is just starting to raise their arms in excitement as the look on Orr's face is priceless. I am remided of why I love this sport.

Andrew Schwartz

Andrew Schwartz

Binh Danh

Cathedral Rocks and Cathedral Spires

2012

The photo I chose is a photo that can be found in the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. This photo was taken by Binh Danh.  It is a photo of the Cathedral Rocks in Yosemite.  I find this photo visually appealing because I like to adventure.  The vivid imagery provided by the trees, sparks a sense of adventure.  It makes me want to put on a pair of hiking shoes and go exploring.  I am unsure what medium the photo is printed on, nor what type of camera was used to take the photo.  The photo have a very vintage feel for a photo taken in 2012.  I feel that the grain of the photo is important to help achieve a nostalgic feeling. This photo is currently in a gallery dedicated to photography post Ansel Adams.

Dalia Herrera

Dalia Herrera

Peter Gordon, "Elements Edge"

Pentax 67

The image I chose was shot by Peter Gordon, who considers himself a landscape and travel photographer. This photograph is part of a collection called Wild Garden that was taken in Upper Lake Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland. The purpose of the collection was to record the mood and atmosphere of Ireland's nature. The reason I chose this photograph is because it made me feel calm and at ease. It has dark contrasts by the mountains and its shadows but it also has bright contrasts coming from the slight sunlight that throws shades of white onto the lake. Peter's intention was to make photographs that captured the mood of nature along with the reflection of those moods. It makes me feel calm and at ease because it shows the beauty of natures bright and dark contrasts, unlike a typical bright or dark photograph that only displays one emotion.


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Julio Aguilar

Julio Aguilar
Sebastião Salgado. "22 Refugees heading for Sudan"
1985

Sebastião Salgado has an ability to analyze extreme situation. He has a fierce drive to show what he truly is, a humanist photographer. In his book Sebastião Salgado, Salqado shows his beliefs with great passion. I stumbled on a page which caught my eye the instant I saw it. The photo was called "twenty two refugees heading to Sudan." The reason it caught my eye was because it gave me hope. The way that everyone is huddled together trying to keep each other safe shows the kindness that humanity still has. But one great detail gives this picture its meaning, to me. The "God Rays" beaming through the trees. The light hits the refugees in an astonishing way, showing as if there is a higher being watching over them in their journey to "paradise."

Irvin Cruz

Irvin Cruz
Toni Frissell "Abandoned Boy" 

1945


The image saddens me. The young child, who didn't understand the acts of war lost his family from a bombing in London. His expression shows not only the innocence but the uncertainly of not knowing of his family. With the despair and the depressing feel to it, I can't help but feel the sadness that the child felt at the time during a very dark time in the world. The way that the rubble and the debris is everywhere behind him, it shows that a young boy possibly without a clue in the world has lost everything he knew.

Kyle Corum

Kyle Corum
Elliot Erwitt, "One Handed Bandit"
1954

This picture was interesting to me because I think it captures Las
Vegas perfectly. There is so much going on in the photo that it is
difficult for the viewer to take it all in, very much like Vegas. At
first glance it might seem that a masked man is robbing the elder
lady, but it is only a mannequin. It also takes a while to realize
that the background is a mirror and not just the surrounding area of
the casino. The shallow depth of field helps to create this confusion,
by focusing on the interaction between the two it draws our attention
to the exchange instead of the environment around them. The framing
helps with this confusion as well, with the arrow on the door leading
our eyes to the older lady and the bandit.

Dayna Smith

Dayna Smith

Toni Frissell, "Lady in the Water"

1947,  1 film negative

"Lady in the Water" by Toni Frissell was taken in 1947 in the crystal clear waters of Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida. I chose this image because it immediately evoked a strange and unsettling mixture of release and anxiety in me. Water is my own personal safe space. I've taken many plunges into the depths of pools, oceans, and lakes in times of stress and emotional crisis. The sound of the crack and thunder of breaking the surface, followed by complete submersion and the fizzy dissipation of the bubbles surrounding me is very calming and liberating. However, in this photo the woman is not fully submerged, and her head appears to be struggling to stay above the surface even though her body beneath appears calm and languid. The close proximity of the murky silt bottom also makes me feel uncomfortable and claustrophobic. All of these aspects add up to an image that makes me feel unable to breathe in a setting that is usually, as paradoxical as it sounds, the only place where I feel like I can breathe.

Ariana Severn

Ariana Severn 

Charles C. Ebbets "Lunch Atop A Skyscraper"

September 29, 1932

5-x7 Glass Plate Camera

This has always been a favorite picture of mine because even though these men are really high up in the air they don't seem to be bothered and look as though they are having a pleasant lunch. I would personally like to join them since I don't have a fear of heights. Although that would be rather difficult since time travel has yet to be invented. Another reason why this is one of my favorites is because it was taken during one of my favorite periods in history, the 30's and the 40's. This picture also gives a sense of carefree feelings. Maybe it's because it's just the start of the Great Depression and these young men still have their jobs. Or it's because most of the men are smiling and talking with each other and they aren't paying attention or posing for the camera giving the sense of a candid camera shot. This picture was taken by Charles C. Ebbets in 1932. His career as a photographer started in the 1920's and he also worked with motion pictures for a while. His most famous pictures however are the pictures of the men in this skyscraper. It must have been quite an ordeal getting his camera equipment up to the workers since this picture was taken with a 5-x7 glass plate camera. These cameras were large and bulky and very fragile due to the fact that the film was a glass plate. 

Alan Sanchez

Alan Sanchez

Mike Deere, "The Other Underground"

2014

I chose this image because it makes me think of the excitement of the unknown. It gives a feeling of youthful adventures of seeing and exploring something that has not been seen in a long time. That moment, which can be tense, quiet, and unnatural, can give a sense of fully being alive in a place that is seemingly haunted by the past. I also got a sense of anxiety surrounding the picture.The anxiety reflects within the man holding the flashlight discovering the old tunnels, or it also being the old tunnels being discovering again after being long forgotten. I couldn't help altering viewing this photo to talk to myself about "Legacy" and what that means in the long run. We all are going to leave a legacy one way or another in our lives, and It is scary to think that our legacy down the road will be rediscovered again similar to the underground tunnel of the photo. The real question to ask is if we will be proud of what we leave behind for the future…or scared at what the future will discover.

Hali Stafford

Hali Stafford

Ansel Adams "Point Sur, Storm"

1946, gelatin silver print

As soon as I saw this image, I knew it was the one I wanted to write about. It awakens my senses, inspires my imagination and takes me to a place that is both beautiful and mystical. I feel as if I am the one standing on the cliffside, witnessing Mother Nature at work as a storm slowly starts to form. When I look at this picture, I can hear the waves as they brush against the sand, can feel the thick fog as it clings to my skin and can taste the salt of the sea on my tongue. Giving people the chance to see, smell, hear and taste what they otherwise might not be able to is, to me, what photography is all about and is something that I strive for with each click of my shutter.

 

As I learn more about Ansel Adams, it becomes apparent he must have had the same train of thought and was able to master the art of photography in a way that I will always admire.

Dylan Hoang

Dylan Hoang

Jerry Uelsmann, "Untitled"

1998, Gelatin Silver Combination Print

There is a phrase that goes "a picture can tell a story." Then, there are pictures that tell many stories. This photograph, in particular, resonates with me because it conveys so many things at once: freedom, spirit, fear, trust and most of all, time. Time in the sense that "it's time for the bird to leave the nest." Time meaning that the moment has come for one to spread his/her wings and either soar in the skies or plummet towards an agonizing failure. This feeling of freedom is something we all yearn for. 

As our guardians watch us succeed or slip, the responsibility falls upon us. Yet, midst all of this there is awe and splendor during the journey. It can be graceful or terrifying, but most of all, poignant. 

The venture we embark on on is a defining moment. As the wind blows in our faces and pushes us in directions we can choose to go, we are being analyzed every step of the way. This photograph is a definitive example of the journey of any growing adult.

Stephanie Miller

Stephanie Miller
Ian Bradshaw, "The Twickenham Streaker"
1974

"The Twickenham Streaker" was taken by Ian Bradshaw at a rugby match in Twickenham, England in 1974. I greatly admire that, in pure spontaneity, Bradshaw was able to capture an array of emotions into one single shot. The commotion of the crowd's reaction to Michael O'Brien, the man who bares all, offer a layer of authentic energy within the shot, as they are bewildered and stunned, but thoroughly entertained by O'Brien's vulnerability. The policemen that escort O'Brien try to suppress their smiles, but it is clear they have a sort of forbidden admiration for his act of rebellion. And finally, with his arms out wide and his eyes holding a serious gaze with the policeman that shields the world from seeing it all, O'Brien is fearless and confident in his heroic act of disrupting the monotony and oppression of everyday life. In the midst of unforeseen chaos, Bradshaw perfectly captures the freedom-land generation that was the seventies, as well as society's reaction to the generational expression. One day, I hope to make photographs that speak so accurately about my generation just as Bradshaw did here.

Matthew L'Angelle

Matthew L'Angelle

Ansel Adams, "Moon and Half-Dome"

1960, gelatin silver print.

I selected this photo because it puts me in awe even after many times that I have looked at it. The photo is in black and white, which enhances the beauty of it. I have stood in this spot in Yosemite National Park and while that was a great site to see in person, this photo is brings sight that you can't actually get in person, which says a lot about a photo. It presents an extreme contrast between light and dark. On top of that, this photo brings out the true beauty in nature. It makes me want to get away from everyday life and look away from the phone and computer screens, and go out to admire sights like these.    

Jessica Drake

Jessica Drake

Tina Modotti "Woman with Flag"

1928, Palladium print

I chose this photo because of its infectious amount of empowerment. This typical looking woman appears to be about to take over the world- nothing can stop her. You can feel her power through the photograph to this day. In a time (1928) where women faced so many barriers, she is clearly someone that brings strength to all women struggling around her.  She is not glamorous- she has no makeup, her hair is natural, and her clothes are casual. But this photograph is more than a portrait- it is a declaration of power.

The artist, Tina Modotti, has been known as both a political activist and artist. The subject matter of her works ranges from simple every day items (the folds of silk and architecture) to more outspoken photographs like this one- the political.