Robert
Maschke – Close
The picture close by Robert Maschke shows a black and white
portrait picture of an old man. The man takes up 60 percent of the picture with
the rest of the picture being background. This picture was taken inside a
studio with a man aged around 50-75 years old. The light source in the picture goes from
right to left hitting the man’s check and right eye. The man is looking to the
left of the picture with his eyes looking down. This gives me the impression of
weakness and failure. The way his eyes are half shut adds to the impression of
weakness. The man’s skin shows the visual element of texture, it appears rough
and gritty. The overall emotion I get from the man is sadness. The man in the
picture isn’t smiling and his overall body language and facial language makes
you think that he’s sad and depressed. This is backed up with the dark colours
in the picture. Overall I really like this picture. I feel that the man in the
picture shows the emotion of sadness well but if I was taking this picture I
would position the man to the right of the picture so that there is some space
on the left hand side for him to look into.
