Cassandra Sanchez
William Rosenblum, "Girl on Swing"
1938
Judged by her body and not by her mind. She's insecure, emotional, dependent, a bitch when speaking freely, is everyone just blind?
The photographer William Rosenbloom took this photo of a Girl on Swing in 1938 in hopes to promote the theme of his group, the Photo League; the goal was to capture the human spirit triumphing through one's struggle in the urban environment.
Looking at this photo, Rosenbloom's skill to extend and dramatize the content can be seen through his strong diagonals of the swing and dark contrast with the bridge, to emphasize the subject, the girl.
In my interpretation, the idea of courage shown through this little girl, who is not sitting on a swing like society enforces, but standing on it, ready for what the world has in store for her is absolutely aspiring. The girl represents the journey that every woman, must face. Since the discrimination of women's limitations is so blindly occurring everywhere, we must reach beyond the path engraved for us and take a stand in order to achieve greatness.
Looking at this photo, Rosenbloom's skill to extend and dramatize the content can be seen through his strong diagonals of the swing and dark contrast with the bridge, to emphasize the subject, the girl.
In my interpretation, the idea of courage shown through this little girl, who is not sitting on a swing like society enforces, but standing on it, ready for what the world has in store for her is absolutely aspiring. The girl represents the journey that every woman, must face. Since the discrimination of women's limitations is so blindly occurring everywhere, we must reach beyond the path engraved for us and take a stand in order to achieve greatness.
