The Black And White Crowing Of An Old Man's Memories
On their journey to pay homage to their ancestral grave, a young girl took a picture of her grandfather walking up a wooded trail. She notes in her online journal that she is brought to tears every time she looks at this photograph; alternately, it is merely a photograph that brings about this sharp emotion. It is merely an inanimate object that provokes a granddaughter to tears. Yet, it is the same inanimate object that has the potential to elicit emotion when seen by complete strangers. An inherent frailty of humanity in comparison to nature is felt when an old man is juxtaposed black-and-white onto a wooded setting.
On his trip to visit his ancestors, an old man has his photograph taken. However, without this background knowledge, most viewers are left to examine the picture from a stranger's perspective. In Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body, Susan Bordo talks about how the relaxed posture made by male models carries out the message of males wanting to be viewed as "Mr.......
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