Visual Language Syntax
One Word:
Loss
Sorrow
Down
Hard Times
Rock Bottom
Don't know what to do
Suffer
Compositional Structures
Angled Stair Structure
Sitting at the bottom of the stairs
Burnout on the sides of the picture
Depressing colors
Sad expression and slumped body
Person in front is focused on
Symbols:
Sad face
Limp body
Slumped shoulders
Work clothes
Briefcase
Big stairs
This photo is the epitome of the look of someone coping with unemployment. Visually all of the symbols and construction of this photo points to one thing: this mans despair. He is sitting on the lower steps of a large cement stairway with his head in his hand looking down. He is in a suit, as if he is a blue collar worker with a briefcase behind him. The stairs stretch up behind him signifying the climb he is facing and the lack of progress that has been made. The photo editing is also directed towards him, there is a burnout on the edge, putting a depressing connotation over the photo.
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