Writing Assignment 3

In this photo I see a white older male in a flannel shirt with a beard. The photograph uses a slow shutter speed to create two instances of him in the photo. One instance appears to be making an aggressive movement towards the other. The other instance of him appears to be unconscious with his head on a chair. This creates a story, although we know there is only one man in this photo, it appears as though there are two characters. The picture makes it look as though one instance of him is stabbing the other. This raises the questions, why did he choose to do this? This leads me to believe that this is a metaphor as to how he feels. A flannel shirt along with an untrimmed beard and a shoddy small apartment does not represent happiness. This combined with the aggressive movement he appears to be making with himself gives answers to why he chose to do this. In my interpretation the reasons could be that he desires to kill himself, as this is what is portrayed in the photo. Another possibility is that the photograph is a metaphor, and the photographer feels as though he is sabotaging himself. This photo does not show me anger towards others but more with himself, regardless of what the photo represents it appears to be solely about himself.