re: Ominous/Scary photographs

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The best photograph is always the one that evokes emotions; the one that provides the audience with an almost first-hand experience. That is why I regard Anthony Suau`s “Memorial Day” to be one of the best shots I have ever seen. Suau, himself, has said that after publishing this photograph he got a lot of phone calls from people around the world saying “I`ve done that. I`ve hugged my husband`s or father`s tombstone. I can relate to that picture. I can really feel what that woman feels.”
Before going into analyzing the photos visual and thematic representation, I find it important to discuss the historical context of it. Anthony Suau was at the cemetery, because he was looking for a Memorial Day photograph for the front page of The Denver Post. And then he saw this woman holding the tombstone of her husband who had died at the World War II in Vietnam. In a second she let it go. Suau positioned himself with a longer lens and waited until she will hold the tombstone again. Within minutes she did just that and Suau was able to froze that moment of her grief forever.

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