Jack Delano "Dear Folks: 1943"
This image was taken by Jack Delano in July of 1943 and is part of the "Greenville, South Carolina. Air Service Command. Writing a letter home series." Looking at the image one doesn't know whether it was staged or not. To me it looks as if this were taken at a moment where the two soldiers were actually writing letters to their loved ones which they were out fighting a battle. The seriousness and somewhat expression less face of the man in the center is what made me feel as if this were not staged but then the lighting in the room tells me that some effort was put into this to make it seems staged. The reason I chose this black and white image is because an image without color makes you focus on the essence of the photo, such as lighting and composition. With color photographs I feel as if there is a slight amount of distraction because we seem to the colors to pop or have them work together. Black and White also helps the photographer set a certain type of emotion.
