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| Gregory Crewdson's photo of two people eating dinner |
This photo was taken by Gregory Crewdson a famous photographer.
He has taken a photo here of what seems to be two people having dinner. In the photo we can also see that they are in a lovely family home, quite decorated. However the other two chairs are vacant, where are the others? Are there any others? Why aren't the other at the table? Why is it so dark? This photo becomes enigmatic when you start to think about these things.
It seems to be like a painting because he uses so much artificial light. The only light source seems to be in the room behind them and the room with the family in seems to be dark. However, even though the light is coming from the room at the back, the shadows point towards it.
The facial expressions on the two people don't seem to show any happiness at all or even any interaction between each other, not even eye contact. The people are dressed well, not in rags, which represents the house in which they live.
The camera angle is at eye level and the shot type is a long shot suggesting the family is sort of broken up because the camera would normally be up close to a happy family to show how close they are.
This denotation of this photo is two people eating dinner but when looking properly at the photo and finding the implied meaning, the connotation of this photo shows a broken family or problems within this family.
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