A documentary photograph shows us something, that which we
can see when we look at it. But is also tells us something, that which we infer
when we look at it.
Denotation is what the photograph shows us – the re-presentation of
the original scene.
Connotation is what the photograph tells us.
Denotation – picture shows
1. Two
young boys in football kit walking away from the camera and towards terraced
houses
2. The
football kits are different
3. Regardless
of affiliation the boys are clearly friends with arms around each other and are
engaged in conversation
4. The
strips are clean
5. The
boys each carry a football
6. The
estate is run down, with broken and boarded-up windows, a number of the houses
also have damaged roofs
7. The
land behind the houses has nothing growing
8. The
houses in the middle terrace look like they have completely lot their roofs
9. The
boys are walking cross waste ground at the back of the estate
10. There
are no cars in the picture; there is rubbish on the ground and the estate looks
generally run down
11. The
weather is clear with some high clouds
Connotation – my inference
·
From #1 - the boys appear to be aged between 10
and 13 years old
·
From #1 – the looks to be made up of council
houses
·
From #1 – the estate could be located in any
older industrial town, probably either northern England or northern Ireland or
the west of Scotland
·
From #2 – because of the strips the boys play
for ‘teams’ and are not just going for a kick-about on the waste ground
·
From #2 - the boys possibly play for different
teams, however, they could be on the same team – one team, one goal keeper
·
From #2 – judging by the style of the football
strip, the photograph is probably no more than
10 years old
·
From #4 – because of the cleanliness, the boys
are going to the game rather than coming home
·
From #4 – the boys look clean and well kempt and
probably don’t live in this particular estate
·
From #5 – both football strips look relatively
new and with each boy carrying, possibly owning, a football the boys come from
families with some money
·
From #6 – the council houses are derelict and
without tenants, but possibly have squatters
·
From #7 – possible land contamination because
there is nothing growing, there is only two or three small trees and they looks
dead
·
From #10 – the weather is warm because the boys
are not wearing costs, it is unlikely to rain because the clouds are too high
·
Possible ‘subject’ of the article:
−
Housing development and renovation requirements
or plans
−
Safe and appropriate playground areas for
children
−
Public transport requirements
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