Aimee

Both of these images show destruction among America, and both give out quite shocking and Strong views about America.

An example of this is in the first image it shows the statue of liberty, which in America shows to them and also is a symbol of their independence. But then if you look in the background you see the happenings of the 9/11 attack. This in itself has a very controversial meaning as the statue shows their independence and shows that they can be a Strong country in itself, but then in the background it shows how that was taken away from then in a matter of hours. But the way the photographer has obviously emphasized the statue shows that even though these happenings went on that they are still strong, and this shall not effect them. But the natural thing about it is that they have left it so people can still see that their country always will have people trying to corrupt their country. So with all that i believe that this photograph is trying to show both independence and also a great deal of strength.

In the second picture it shows Pentagon the ministry of defense which was also hit in connection with the 9/11 attack. But then in the background they have somehow shown the White house which as we all know where the American government is. This shows two views to me. On the one hand it could be asking us a question which would be is the government a target, as they have shown the disruption of the Pentagon and shown in the background the White House.

And then this could mean a totally different view all together. Showing the Whit house in the background could tell us that who ever took this photo thinks that the Government is to blame for all of this, and almost that the Government is very corrupt in way, as to let things come to that sacrifice of your own country is very selfish in way. And also could be asking us is the Government a suspect for these happenings, and where they involved like some conspiracies are saying.

So in comparison these two images could in way show two different sides to America, as the first image is trying to show how independent, strong they are. Also how they will stick together through anything. But then in the second image it may show how the Government is corrupt and how they put themselves before the individuals in the country, which then shows a totally different side to America which is selfishness, corruption and no togetherness at all.

Both of these images include semiotics as they both seem to bring to our attention symbols of America, for example the Statue of Liberty as this is a symbol of Americas independence. Then the White House is a symbol of Americas Government and their power. And both of these semiotics are enhanced by changing the lighting around both the Statue Of Liberty and The White House.

When looking at the first photo you can see that The Statue Of Liberty has been enhanced in many other ways. For example its noticeable that this image has been changed and altered, and this could have been done by removing some of the smoke that would have been surrounding the Statue Of Liberty before.

And then in the image of the White House changes may not be so noticeable, but there may have been some alters to the actually White House. This could be to give out a message about the Government and how it could be corrupt.