Setting a Feeling

This photograph provokes a strong heavy feeling, almost a feeling on sadness and longing when I look at it. Being able to establish a mood or feeling when looked at demonstrates a strong composition. The feeling that is associated with the image when looked at creates a lasting impression in the viewer’s mind, making it memorable. The use of color is what strongly impacts the reason why I feel this image is sad. Because of only using values of white and black, I get the feeling that this image is supposed to represent a memory from the past. Having the front chair in the foreground be white, draws the attention there. This white chair is also the dominant structure in the piece. The extreme white that is represented in the chair is also expressed again in the windows. This pulls the attention from the chairs outward throughout the composition as a whole. The use of not using color is what makes this piece so memorable.

Chairs have almost humanistic qualities, by having legs and a back and because they play an important role in our lives every day. So from the image I feel sadness even though I am only witnessing how a chair is positioned in the composition. I feel that the chair is looking out remembering an earlier experience and longing for it. Maybe even questioning past events. This image definitely demonstrates a story of a place. There is something that is very specific going on here that viewers are able to connect with. While no exact event comes to mind when looking at the composition, it leaves the viewers with the mind set it provoked. Making the audience reflect on an experience they encountered sometime in their life.