Thursday, 6 November 2014

Image Deconstruction


This image for me represents hesitant. I think the way her arms are positioned behind her body gives me that uncertain feel. Hesitant means that you’re unsure, uncertain or doubtful. All this meanings can be linked here. 


In the picture everything except her arms are covered with cloth. This leaves arm to feel exposed; it becomes center of the attention. With the help of that setting the eyes are straight away directed towards her arms. If you look even more in depth some parts of her upper body and lower body are in blur. However the colours are harmonising with the skin colour and it's surrounding. The skin has a fading light pale colour whereas the colour of her outfit is really bright and bold; these colours contrast really well together. She might be in this situation because maybe she is unsure of something/someone else. The only flesh we see of her body is her arms; most of her body is covered and other are not in the picture. This makes it even interesting on why the arms are the only thing we see of hers in skin/flesh.

It maybe because that she was playing some kind of game with someone else; the rules of the game might involve something to with the arms, thus the reason she's hiding it behind her body. There is totally another story behind why her hands are in such gesture. The way her hands are structured; it shows insecurity/nervousness. Theres a lot you could tell just from her hands. The fact that the other body parts not present makes it even more harder to read her. She might hiding it from someone who is trying to get hold of her hands. She is sitting down so maybe she is playing a game that is to do with guessing. I like how this picture makes you contemplate not just on the hands but how the body is covering most of the frame, why is she sitting down etc.