Thursday, November 11, 2010


As soon as I saw this picture it made me smile, the giraffe is attempting to fulfill a basic need but his tongue and the unrealisticness of the photo is funny and over-the-top and makes me smile.  There is not only detail in this photo but it is also interesting where the frame lies in this photo.  There is this floating had holding onto the banana, you can only see the head of the giraffe, so he or she is bodiless however we assume that the rest of him is there.  But, this question makes me ask questions, is this a really tall giraffe or a really tall person? How is the hand and the head of the giraffe at the same spot.  Is the person standing on something to get the banana to the giraffe.  This photo while being ridiculous and making me smile, also is problematic in the fact that it is making me ask all these questions.  With my current focus on color with my photo book, the banana draws my attention in this photograph because it is the only vibrant color in the photograph.  After my eye is drawn to the banana the next spot my eye is drawn are the giraffes spots.  Even though it leaves me with lots of questions I still really enjoy this photograph.

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