This photo is taken in Iran last week. It is quite inspiring and reflective. First, the photo captions help to explain the background of this photo and give a general description for the readers. The giant explosion is due to the burning of a staggering amount of drugs. The photo captions make the denotative meaning of the photo clear, which is the hazardous nature of drugs and illicit trafficking. The man is running in order to escape from the explosion. The giant explosion cloud and the running man make the photo look dramatic and eye catching. For the connotative meaning, the burning of drugs can be referred to the combat towards the social issues of drug abuse and illegal trafficking. The man escaping from the explosive cloud can be interpreted as running away from the evil hand of drugs. The explosion creates the sense that drug abuse is a serious social problem that deserves imminent concern and illegal trafficking needs to be banned, in order to protect the teenagers and citizens from the temptation of drug abuse, which can seriously and negatively affect their well-being.
The huge red explosive cloud is the focal point of this photo. The red color symbolizes the dangerous nature of drugs to human and the dangerous situation of explosion in the picture, which acts as a reminder to hope people keeping themselves away from drugs. The object in this photo is asymmetrical, because the explosion cloud occupies two-third of the photo so as to emphasize the explosion. No framing is used because explosion would not be limited in a certain place. The sharp image of the man creates a second focus for the photo. To capture his motion of running away, the angel of photo taking is from the front view horizontally. For the lighting and texture, the background house is blurred so the explosion cloud can be emphasized. The lighting is relatively artificial in order to capture and visualize the red color of explosion cloud. All of the above contribute to the significance of the photo, which is the dangerous nature of drugs. Harmful drugs have to be destroyed and illicit trafficking has to be banned.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-23102553
The huge red explosive cloud is the focal point of this photo. The red color symbolizes the dangerous nature of drugs to human and the dangerous situation of explosion in the picture, which acts as a reminder to hope people keeping themselves away from drugs. The object in this photo is asymmetrical, because the explosion cloud occupies two-third of the photo so as to emphasize the explosion. No framing is used because explosion would not be limited in a certain place. The sharp image of the man creates a second focus for the photo. To capture his motion of running away, the angel of photo taking is from the front view horizontally. For the lighting and texture, the background house is blurred so the explosion cloud can be emphasized. The lighting is relatively artificial in order to capture and visualize the red color of explosion cloud. All of the above contribute to the significance of the photo, which is the dangerous nature of drugs. Harmful drugs have to be destroyed and illicit trafficking has to be banned.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-23102553