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 a 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. Rosenbloom's skill to extend and dramatize the content through his strong diagonals (of the swing) and dark contrast (in the bridge), both emphasizing the subject, the girl.
Courage is illustrated through this little girl - she is not sitting on a swing like society enforces, but standing on it, ready for what the world has in store for her. The girl represents the journey that every woman, must face. Since discrimination limiting women so blindly occur everywhere, we must reach beyond the path made for us and take a stand in order to achieve greatness.
