Thursday, September 1, 2011

This image makes me think of the relationship that people can have with their dogs. It shows a dog being a companion to its owner while they're out exercising, motivating her to push herself and keep up the pace. This image could also suggest a seeing eye dog in training or physical therapy for an animal that needs it. The words motivation, loyalty, companion, exercise, strive, pace, and train come to mind when I look at this image. This image could be interesting with a supporting word added to it to put it into context.
The images that I'm focusing on are the binky, watch, and cuff links in the top right hand corner. This image makes me think of men who are becoming fathers, and the transition or balance between that. It could suggest the hardships that it poses for bachelors who are used to living for themselves having to be responsible and "settle down". It could also metaphorically suggest that men are babies instead of suggesting babies in literal terms. In which case a word or phrase added to the image could support this message.  This image could become comical if it were to be shifted to a professional business man with the binky in his mouth looking at his watch, almost like a countdown to when the baby is coming. 

The text that is already at the bottom of this image kind of gives it away and suggest it to be a tranquil place to relax. I would remove the text and maybe subvert the message of this image by making it seem more like someone is lost and this is where they have settled or that they are lonely. You could do this by adding an image of a sad looking person or even just shifting the image by ruffling the newspaper and tipping over the coffee to make it a more frazzled scene.  It also has the feel of a garden within in an old person's home which would support the traquil relaxing message. By adding a cane or even just a shadow of a person with a cane the image could be put into this context. Also just adding a word or catch phrase (like that which has already been done, "cultivating the senses") the tranquil scene could be supported.

I find this picture to be hilarious, but I don't really understand the "more than shoes" motto. I feel like they could have come up with a much more clever supporting saying to go with this. I would shift this image by adding a different phrase to support the message. The woman's graceful posture looks almost as if she is iceskating or dancing. You could completely subvert the image by making her shoes into ice skates and placing him in an arena. It would still be humorous due to the fact that she would be ice skating naked. I think that by cropping the picture right below the woman's butt and just having her legs and the shoes showing, it would create an interesting shoe ad. You could then add a word or catch phrase next to her feet in the open grass area to tie everything together. 


I feel like this photo could almost be one of those "live happy, live healthy" themed advertisements. The old woman just looks so healthy, doing what she is passionate and is so calm. By adding a nuance like a small multivitamin for older adults, or an arthritis medicine logo in the bottom right corner it could really change the context of this image. Even something like a "got milk?" ad could work. Give her a milk mustache and add "got milk?". Any kind of health, happy, calm, or how to live well message would support this image. 

I feel as though this image could be a book cover. It could have a title running straight across the rose. It could even become creepy and confronting if her eyes were to be looking straight at you instead of being closed. Since it gives you a dreamy feeling when looking at it, this image could be supported by adding a cloud on top of her head where the rose petals are currently blowing. It would suggest that her "head is in the clouds". I think that image could also be supported if there were to be an elegant, romantic poem added to it. Also, come to think of it, by changing the entire color scheme to something more bright, vibrant, and abstract the entire feel of this image would be changed. 

I am focusing on the image in the top right corner. She is very sporty, covered in sweat, and obviously does not want to be messed with. I think of strong empowering women. The fact that she is in a rough rugged environment and not portrayed as very feminine it seems to be making a feminist statement. By adding a feminist phrase this idea could be supported. Also by simply changing her environment to something more casual and womanly, but leaving her in the masculine state that she is in, this image could be subverted. 

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