I like this topic "Too Near and Too Far".
It reminds me a pencil drawn picture which is from the partial art academy exam in 2017 in my country.
The partial art academy exam's topic is "relationships between three people", but in that picture, only two people is presenting: a mother around 30 and a boy around 10. They sit in the two sides of an old fashion leather sofa. The mother is sewing and the boy is playing game on smart phone. They both looks unhappy bored and don't notice each other's unhappiness. Thus, they are too near siting on the same sofa as family; they are too far ignoring each other's feeling in silence. On their back, there are 3 photos on the wall. Two photos has two persons; it's not that clear but I recognized they are an adult and a child. Another photo is half fallen and only pictured one person. As people knowing how family works, we know the father is not present. His absence from the picture and from the family portraits photos are implying that the father never join the family business. Also, the mother and child sitting on two sides strongly implying that they don't communicate. They do their own things. That's their relationships: "family".
You must noice that this picture is off topic. The examinee took a risk, if the examiner understand the implying or not. There is only two persons in his picture, however, they underlines the third absent person. He got a high score as I know. I took a photo of it but I can't find it. Any way, I found I have the photos of other examinees's pictures for you to compare. They all perfectly fit the topic “relationship between three people."
Although they are not social photos, they are real. That's what I have in my life and my world. The off topic one left me such an impression because it applied presence to show absence. It records a common social phenomenon in my country. Men do not present in children's education and play. (99% of the parents' meetings were attended by my mother, from my primary school to high school.) Women is pest off by houseworks, and they don't have time and mind to notice children's mental grow. The parents do care about their family: one is making money; one is dealing with chores. They think to make more money or better meals to improve their life quality, but they ignore the reason why they want to do this. What do you think the answer is?
The reading talks more about self presenting in photos. The equation on page 98, I cannot agree more: "Every time a film is shot, privacy is violated. People do realize this in 1900s. The actors become popular and do advertisement... I don't understand why people sell and buy faces and personal image. Why not just focus on their own life. Don't be a paparazzi.
Therefore, I took selfies before I cut my hairs. I'm not that welling to share. So, just two good ones here. They put me into the moment that my hair was still long. Also, it reminds me that the one in the picture is past. Now my hair is short. I'm not that satisfied with my cutting.
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