(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/01/27/the-enemy-within-a-closer-look-at-survivors-of-boko-haram-attacks-across-northern-nigeria-part-ii/)
Within this photo essay it shows how people have been effected by Boko Haram attacks and how they rae dealing with life. Throughout it gives the message that these attacks have both destroyed lives, but also how it brings people and their communities together.
The first three images I feel are the most powerful of the whole article as they sum up the theme the best. First there is a small of eight months who somehow lost her left arm in the attacks. The way the photo has been stage clearly shows the girls disability, meaning she has to deal with it for the rest of her life, however the low angle in addition to the way she is facing to the side implies that she does not care about what happens to her and will rise above what is happened so that she can live a normal life. The second shows a man who was recently raided from imprisonment by Boko Harem, but how the image is staged makes it seem the opposite of joy and freedom. The fact that he is placed at the fron tof the photo facing somewhere outside the frame gives us the feeling that he doesn't know where he is going to go now he is free. Also the way the house behind him is crumbled and he looks almost sad about it seems as if that was his only home (given the situation) and gave him some safety so he has no idea what will happen to him from here on. Thirdly the image of the crowd of people gathered within the church gives off a strong feeling of community and shows that no matter what terrible, destructive things happen, the people of will still have faith and pray for the safety and well being of others.
Another image that I feel is very powerful is where the solder is protecting the people walking out of the building. Although he of the Nigerian Security Forces, he should represent peace and order, except the way that the photo has been staged makes it seem the opposite. The gun being placed so close to the lens makes it seem as if it is war and further fighting shall be the only thing that can protect the people. This is further shown by people walking out of the church as they seem terrified and uneasy by just the site of the weapon.
Finally is the image of the young girl walking through the street. The fact that she is walking alone in the middle if war torn streets placed between two solder, her oblivious understanding of what is happening around her, as well as the white robe around her head shows the innocence if children during war.
See What Undocumented Immigrants Carry Across the Border
http://time.com/3647891/undocumented-immigrants-bags/
Within this photo essay the photographer tries to look past the current media interpretation of immigrants, that they are leeches of society who only desire to take jobs from people, and attempts to humanise them.
The way in which he does this is by taking a picture of a person's possessions and then taking a picture of them. This in a way makes us think of who might be carrying such items and for what purpose. This starts to humanise them as nothing that is seem really dangerous and of any real concern, which makes you think of who these people are, what they do for a living or even why they have what they have on them. The long shots afterwards make sure we can see each individual part of the person in question an it allows us to see that these are just normal people who are taking the bare essentials in order to start a new life in a new country. This goes against the current US media's interpretation of immigration and the people trying to cross the boarder. They are usually interpreted as poor, lazy people who only desire to get into the country to live off of the benefit system provided. These photo's strip that stigma away and show a desperation not for an easy living, but of a craving a new life filled with opportunities.
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