Connecting Essay 5

This image features an empty path that has been carved through the environment, showing evidence of the many journeys that have been taken by animals an people over time. I have used the black and white filter in order to adjust elements of contrast within the image. Green areas have been darkened  while the brown tones remain brighter. This highlights the presence of the path as it forms its way through the imagined wraps around the image, out of frame. This path contrasts heavily with the rest of the environment, causing the audience to pay attention to the uneven ground of the path. Within the image, the black and white filter helps to highlight the texture of the ground. Here, the audience can see both foot prints and paw prints that have collected over the years to form a path. This has been caused by both people and animals and is used to highlight the  vastly different journeys that have occurred within this location in the past and how it has left its mark and has changed the environment.

This image features an empty road which is accompanied by a vast backdrop which is fills the remainder of the frame with nature and different types of plant life. The audience appear to be framed within the perspective of a car driving down this lonesome road. The road itself creates great contrasts against the endless nature, causing the audience to pay attention to the way that it carves through the environment. The abundance of nature within the backdrop imply connotations to venturing into the unknown. The tree line appears to be endless, suggesting how daunting a journey can be. The road curves around, continuing out of frame which further implies to the audience that this journey has just begun. The use of the winding road also offers connotations to spontaneity and not knowing what to expect when embarking onto a journey.

These images link under a number of different features. Both depict journey as a lonesome experience as their is no life within the image. The journey is represented through the use of pathways that have been carved within a nature environment, creating intense contrasts. The pathways wrap around the frame, eventually disappearing. This means that both of the images highlight the mysterious aspects of journey. This evokes a sense of spontaneity and travelling into the unknown which is a common theme associated with the journey process.