Response to this work by Gottfried Helnwein

Describe the image as closely as you can.  Write your description on your Blog. What do you think is going on here?  Is this an artistic image or a documentary image (or both)? Is the image Photoshopped? Try to assign meaning to the image. What do you think the photographer's intent was? What does the image say to you? How does the difference in scale between the man and the girl's face add to your interpretation of the photograph.



I think that in this photo that there is a guy rope climbing up a billboard. I think that this is a artistic image because it shows all of the elements that are used in artistic images. I think that this image was photoshopped because there is no way that someone rope climb a billboard. I think the photographer's intent was to show how realistic a photo can look if you use the right tools and elements. The meaning to this image is anything is possible. His intent was to confuse his viewers. This image says to me confusion, I don't understand it. The difference in the scale size of the man and the girls face adds interpretation to this photo because it does make any sense. It confuses me because I know this could never happen.