Wednesday 25 September 2013

Positive and Negative Images




This image is of The Statue of Liberty and is an iconic monument to New York City and also to America. This image I believe is a positive image of America, as The Statue of Liberty has a lot of sentimental meaning behind it. Lady Liberty stands for freedom and the fireworks in the back ground show Independence day and how Americans are independent and determined to achieve, relating to the iconic saying ‘The American Dream’. Lady Liberty is known as a land mark and when the immigrants were migrating to live a better life, when sailing in the first glimpse of America they saw was the Statue of Liberty, indicating a new life of Independence and freedom.





A photograph of a black man with scars from being whipped multiple times shows America in a very negative light. The image shows how America had a very brutal and barbaric background, forcing millions of Black men, women and children to leave their homes become separated from friend’s families and love ones to live in deathly environments and to be treated worse than animals. Being beaten and working on minimal food and water and women being raped by Americans. The image shows how the back ground of America wasn’t always as welcoming as it now may be in the 21st century.

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