1. POWER
By:
Matt Reid

2. Reflective Introduction
Photographs can tell many stories. All images contain information. Information about what happened before the shot, what is happening in the picture, and sometimes it tells what is going to happen. Overall, graphics are a different way of looking at and examining information. Graphics represent and show so much more than written genre which means they can have a greater impact and a greater meaning. In this case, the images represent different forms of power. Power is having control. It is what everyone wants. Having power means being able to make a difference or make a change for the better and sometimes for the worse.

3. Reflective Introduction
The type of images I chose are mainly images of tragedy and images that show abuse of power. Power is something valued highly by many people and it is unfortunate that there are many people who take this power for granted and abuse it. I chose these images because most of them are very sad. I believe that sad images have the most impact on people. Most of these images show innocent people being injured and even killed. They show the misuse and abuse of power that is available to people.

4. Reflective Introduction
The pictures that were most personally to me were the graphics showing police abuse. After graduating, I hope to pursue a career with law enforcement. Whenever I see police abuse their power it upsets me. They are given this power to help and protect people; not to hurt them. When people see the images I have chosen, I want them to see the tragedy and sadness that is in the image and think about how many people abuse their power. Overall, this project has changed the way I perceive power. Before this assignment, I saw power as being a leader and making a difference for the better. Now I see that with power, people can make things worse and cause tragedies and sadness. This project has changed the way I see power in images.

5. Image 1

6. Image 1 Analysis Image Title: Bloodbath in South Africa
Citation: Ungaro, Cosima. "40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 13 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Police abuse
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Persuasive
Found Where: Huffingtonpost.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: Because the image is sad
What Does The Image State About Power?: The image shows that police can abuse their power
Why Do You State So?: Because the police abused their power by shooting and killing innocent protesters.
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: The image is a tragedy

7. Image 2

8. Image 2 Analysis Image Title: Crisis in Syria
Citation: Ungaro, Cosima. "40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 13 Dec Web. 3 Feb
Topic: Tragedy
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Informative
Found Where: Huffingtonpost.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: The image is sad
What Does This Image State About Power?: Power of war
Why Do You State So?: Because the women’s family was killed and she was badly injured after the Syrian army shelled her house.
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Violence and tragedy

9. Image 3

10. Image 3 Analysis Image Title: Trayvon Martin remembrance
Citation: Ungaro, Cosima. "40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 13 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Gun Violence
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Informative
Found Where: Huffingtonpost.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image: The image is very sad
What Does This Image State About Power?: Power of guns and people
Why Do You State So?: This image shows what can happen when guns are misused as well as the power of a community coming together to remember Trayvon Martin.
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Violence and tragedy.

11. Image 4

12. Image 4 Analysis Image Title: Anti-Austerity Protest
Citation: Ungaro, Cosima. "40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 13 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Violence
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Argumentative
Found Where: Huffingtonpost.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: This image is an example of police brutality
What Does This Image State About Power?: The power of the police
Why Do You State So?: The police injured this protesting man
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Violence

13. Image 5

14. Image 5 Analysis Image Title: Aurora shooting
Citation: Ungaro, Cosima. "40 Most Powerful Photos Of 2012." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 13 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Violence and tragedy
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Informative
Found Where: huffingtonpost.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: This image is sad and has a powerful background story
What Does This Image State About Power?: The power of guns and how mentally unstable people can easily access them
Why Do You State So?: Because a mentally unstable man killed many innocent people in a movie theatre
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Violence and tragedy

15. Image 6

16. Image 6 Analysis Image Title: Explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger
Citation: "Top 10 Biggest Accidents in History." In Fact Collaborative Top 10 Biggest Accidents in History Comments. In Fact Collaborative, n.d. Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Tragedy
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Expressive
Found Where: infactcollaborative.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: The image is a horrible tragedy that is a big part of NASA’s past
What Does This Image State About Power?: The image shows the tragedy of the Challenger blowing up and innocent lives being taken by the power of explosion
Why Do You State So?: Because innocent people were killed because this space shuttle blew up unexpectantly.
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Tragedy

17. Image 7

18. Image 7 Analysis Image Title: Costa Concordia goes down
Citation: Bozicevic, Zoran. "Striking Photos as Sinking Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Lies in Shallow waters." National Post News Striking Photos as Sinking Cruise Ship Costa Concordia Lies in Shallowwaters Comments. National Post, 16 Jan Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Tragedy
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Informative
Found Where: news.nationalpost.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: The image stands out
What Does This Image State About Power?: The power of stupidity
Why Do You State So?: Because the captain went off course to show off and hit a reef therefore sinking his ship
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Tragedy

19. Image 8

20. Image 8 Analysis Image Title: You Got Sprayed
Citation: Stopera, Matt. "BuzzFeed." BuzzFeed. N.p., 02 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Police brutality
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Argumentative
Found Where: buzzfeed.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why Select This Image?: The Image is very moving
What Does This Image State About Power?: The power that police have
Why Do You State So?: Because this is police brutality
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Police brutality and violence

21. Image 9

22. Image 9 Analysis Image Title: K.O
Citation: Stopera, Matt. "BuzzFeed." BuzzFeed. N.p., 02 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Police brutality
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Argumentative
Found Where: buzzfeed.com
Found How: Found with the internet
Why select This Image?: It makes me upset that a grown man who is a policemen would punch a kid
What Does This Image State About Power?: The power of police
Why Do You State So?: The policemen is abusing his authority and punching a child
How Does This Image Fit With Others In Your Collection?: Police brutality and violence

23. Image 10

24. Image 10 Analysis Image Title: Gadhafi’s Golden Gun
Citation: Stopera, Matt. "BuzzFeed." BuzzFeed. N.p., 02 Dec Web. 03 Feb
Topic: Violence
Image Sub-Genre: Photograph
Mode: Persuasive
Found Where?: buzzfeed.com
Found How?: Found on the internet
Why Select This Image?: It is a powerful image
What Does This Image State About Power?: The power of people willing to kill a dictator
Why Do You State So?: Because these Libyan rebels took charge and killed Libyan dictator Gadhafi
How Does This Image Fit With The Others In Your Collection?: Violence

25. Trace for Image 2
Text: The document is a photograph. This image is unique because there is a women that looks badly injured and has her hand over mouth which means she is reacting to something bad that just happened. The picture is about a women’s house that was bombed and her family killed.
Reader: The intended audience for this image would be anyone who reads the news or lives in Syria that would know about it. I am not a part of this intended audience because I do not really read news articles or live in Syria. As a Reader, I am open to reading more news articles to learn about this stuff.
Author: The photographer is Rodrigo Abd. The author most likely took the photograph for the news or he was just there at the time and decided to take pictures of the horrible event.
Constraints: This is a powerful and compelling image which is most likely influenced the author.
Exigence: I have no idea why this certain women’s house was bombed. Syria is not the safest place so it was most likely bad luck on her part. The author is involved with this image because he was there at the time for reasons unknown.

26. Trace for Image 4
Text: The document is a photograph. The image is unique because there is an angry looking man being escorted by the police and he has blood running down his face. The image is about protest violence and police brutality.
Reader: The intended audience is anyone who lives there and also anyone who watches or reads the news for other countries. I am not a part of this audience. I am open to change by reading more news articles to learn about this stuff.
Author: The author of this image is Pierre-Philippe Marcou. The author was most likely prompted to take the image for a news article or because he was a bystander and saw a chance to take a powerful photograph.
Constraints: The image probably influenced the author because it shows the violent and harmful effects that happen at some protests.
Exigence: Police Brutality is most likely what caused this man’s injury. The author’s involvement is being there while this was going on and taking the picture.

27. Trace for Image 5
Text: The document is a photograph. This image is unique because there is a family walking away from a cross memorial of the people that were killed in the Aurora movie theatre shooting. The image is about violence as well as remembrance.
Reader: The Intended audience is anyone who lives in America as well as anyone in any other countries that read news articles. I am a part of this intended audience because I do watch news on the television about stuff that happens in America. There are no commonalities that I share with the author nor am I open to any changes.
Author: The author of this image is Joe Raedie. The author was most likely prompted to take the picture for the news to show what families have done to remember their loved ones.
Constraints: The sadness of this image and occasion is what influences the author to take the photograph.
Exigence: The author is involved in this because a man shot and killed many people and because of this, people made a memorial of the ones who died, therefore giving the author a story to cover and a picture to take.