Week 6: Subject Matter

The reading defines subject matter as a description of the following in a photograph:
1. persons
2. objects
3. places
4. events

Barrett also makes a distinction between Subject and subject matter. I.e. the subject matter as a description of elements in the photograph as dinstinct from the subject as an overall theme.

Favourite Photograph
Let me begin by saying that it took me a week to find my 'favourite' photograph, and that this image is one of my favourites:)

Photographer: Micah Albert

1. Subject Matter

The figure of a young boy is captured in mid air as he dives into a lake, before his hands hit the surface of the water. His thin frail body blocks the sun in the background creating a subtle glow which outlines his back and bottom leg. The image is static, emphasising the texture of the surface of the water as it glistens in the sunset.