Look carefully at this photograph. How does it work?
1. How would you describe this photograph to a person who could not see it? It's a black&white picture, with a triangular signal on the front. A little cloud on the top of the signal making both look like a cone with ice cream. On the background, an American house, some trees and a road on the right side.
2. How is space represented in this photograph (foreground, middle ground, background)? On the foreground we have the focus of the picture, the triangular signal and the cloud. On the middle ground we have a empty place with some grass. On the background we have an American house, trees and cars. 3. What is in or out of focus?How has the subject been framed/cropped?
4. Which part of the photograph strikes you as most interesting - captivating, surprising, puzzling, mysterious? Why?
5. What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?
6. What do you think it would be like to live in this photograph? What makes you think that?
7. Why do you suppose the artist made this photograph? What makes you think that? 8. What do you think is effective about this photograph? What doesn’t work so well?