Who Is This Man And Why Is He Screaming Analysis
Jennifer Dunn
Gifford
ENC 1102
September 10, 2014 Blank Canvas
Who would have thought a yawn captured at the breaking point could become such a universally well known image. Photographer Noam Galai thought he was taking a simple picture but what he did not know is how the world was going to react to it. In the story “Who Is This Man, and Why Is He Screaming?,” Rachel Kadish discusses how an art can be used universally for anyone to take it for what they feel it is. Images that are ambiguous can be interpreted by anyone however they want. An image like Noam’s can help with diversity, show reflection of opinion through viewers response to image and help people express themselves effectively. Taking what Galai thought to be a “cool and scary” (Kadish, 259) picture, who would have thought it would become and international symbol almost overnight. Galai put up this picture on his Flickr account …show more content…
“A face that seemed to imply protest. Rage. Despair. Fist-pumping populism. Or, in some cases, just a rockin’ good time” (Kadish, 261). This image allows whoever is viewing it to attach whatever they want with it. There is no specific reason behind the photograph only a blank canvas that anyone is allowed to make it whatever the want. Galai’s photograph allows it to be used in so many places and in so many different contexts because it gives the viewer the ability to feel what provokes from them when looking at it. There is no right or wrong. Anyone’s opinion is heard and considered correct. “There’s something glorious and terrible about a world in which a picture of one’s face can sweep around the globe..”( Kadish, 262). When people are given that power it becomes seen as a positive because everyone likes to be able to express themselves without judgment. Knowing that no two people are confined to certain standards is a way of bringing them
Gifford
ENC 1102
September 10, 2014 Blank Canvas
Who would have thought a yawn captured at the breaking point could become such a universally well known image. Photographer Noam Galai thought he was taking a simple picture but what he did not know is how the world was going to react to it. In the story “Who Is This Man, and Why Is He Screaming?,” Rachel Kadish discusses how an art can be used universally for anyone to take it for what they feel it is. Images that are ambiguous can be interpreted by anyone however they want. An image like Noam’s can help with diversity, show reflection of opinion through viewers response to image and help people express themselves effectively. Taking what Galai thought to be a “cool and scary” (Kadish, 259) picture, who would have thought it would become and international symbol almost overnight. Galai put up this picture on his Flickr account …show more content…
“A face that seemed to imply protest. Rage. Despair. Fist-pumping populism. Or, in some cases, just a rockin’ good time” (Kadish, 261). This image allows whoever is viewing it to attach whatever they want with it. There is no specific reason behind the photograph only a blank canvas that anyone is allowed to make it whatever the want. Galai’s photograph allows it to be used in so many places and in so many different contexts because it gives the viewer the ability to feel what provokes from them when looking at it. There is no right or wrong. Anyone’s opinion is heard and considered correct. “There’s something glorious and terrible about a world in which a picture of one’s face can sweep around the globe..”( Kadish, 262). When people are given that power it becomes seen as a positive because everyone likes to be able to express themselves without judgment. Knowing that no two people are confined to certain standards is a way of bringing them