Connecting Essay 2

Picture I have found:

I found the the image above on the internet, when I was looking for photos that best portrayed the sense of journey. I like this photo a lot as it isn't what you first think of when you think of a Journey, however, it obviously still relates. I also like that the photo has been taken from the bottom, so we can see every step of the stairs. This depth of this image emphasises the fact that these stairs lead somewhere, and not just to the background of the photo. Due to the fact that this photo was taken from the bottom of the stairs, upwards, it allows our eyes to follow where the stairs lead, and therefore makes us question where the stairs could possibly lead too. The result of this is that every viewer has a different interruption of the image, and therefore a different journey. 

My photograph:

This image above, is one that I took during walk 2 for the subject Sense of Journey. I like that there is clear depth within this image, as we can see both the stairs and barriers narrowing towards the background of the photo. I also like the angle of the image, as I have taken it from the bottom of the stairs, upwards, so it looks as though the viewer is looking up the stairs as well. Due to the angle of the photograph, our eyes follow the stairs up to the top, and then beyond this, we cannot see anything because this is where the photo ends. This makes the viewer curious about where the journey of these stairs leads too, where is the end of the journey and where will these stairs take them. This allows the viewer to make their own journey, just by looking at these stairs and creating a destination for them.

The connection:

These photos are very similar because they have both been taken from the bottom of a stairwell. I also think that both of these images create the same result, particularly because they have been taken to represent the same subject. Viewers are able to focus their attention on the stairs because they are directly in the centre of the image, and therefore they are the first part of the image that we look at it. This is also because the stairs fill the majority of the image, so there isn't really any other part which would distract us from the stairs. In addition to this, the barrier(s) visible in the photo outline the stairwell, which makes it look as though the stairs have their very own section within the image.