Joe Rosenthal: American Victory

Joe Rosenthal used different types of technique and media, to create a successful connection to the cultural link of an American Victory. By the foreground and the background of the image; The smoky air and the manmade debris of equipment, the viewer and infer a battle has just been finished. This is a technique many photographers use to give more of an emphasis to the flag and the soldiers raising the flag. By placing the flag to an angle of 45 degrees allowed a good composition of space on the photograph. This created a successful rule of thirds, which is the American Flag. Furthermore, the pole attracts the viewer’s eye, by the use of element of art; line. Which allows a path for readers to see the soldier’s position.