Visual Framing

       

In this blog I will discuss the difference between the original artwork by Ben Goossen with the picture I cropped.  I was originally drawn to this image mainly because I find it interesting that there is a man with no face alone in with a flock of birds flying in the distance with dark clouds above his head. I was also intrigued by the tree in the background which seemed a little odd in the picture since it is the only plant in the image. I framed the image this way because of how the image looks compared to the original one. In the cropped image you see the remnants of the man's hat and the flock of birds along with the tree. I chose to keep this part because the flock of birds acts as a line that points towards the tree and if you look at the original image, the flock of birds starts about where the man's eyes would be, almost like he is looking at the tree. This image makes me think that the man is searching for an identity of his own and that he has to face his problems alone which could be shown by the dark clouds or storm coming his way. The tree could symbolize new beginnings. The lines are actual  lines with possibly some virtual lines if you count the man looking at the tree from where his eye sight would be.  The artist framed this picture because it allows the viewer to see both the close-up of the invisible man with a hat and the tree. The way it is framed also shows how the birds point towards the tree. There is also contrast in this picture because there are both straight lines with the flock of birds and curvilinear lines with the man's hat. The picture also creates a different feeling in people's subconscious but consciously everyone sees the same picture but people perceive it differently.