Analysis Of Homelessness

In the winter tundra, a lone bench stands. The area is very open and near the back are evergreens and possibly elm trees. It is almost overpowered by several shades of blue, which is the only color other than white and black, and at first glance, the seats are empty. Who would be out in such weather? Only someone who has not choice. This image is most likely an advocate for the homeless by a shelter. The invisible person sleeping on the bench embodies the harsh reality of where the homeless go after being ignored by pedestrians and argues that no one who needs help should be ignored. In the day time, a park in winter is inviting to some in the bright sunlight. A bench is used for parents chatting while they watch their children play. It seems like it should have a happy family posing for a holiday card in matching sweaters and hats by the trees. The snow is for snowballs and angels, but after the sun goes down, the white snow is now bitter and icy and the bench deserted. This image portrays a winter
wasteland with a small lamp and trail in the background to show that the subject is isolated from others. The photographer used a normality idyllic landscape to strongly contrast the person who is forced to use it for a place to sleep. The bench is surrounded with footprints made by more than one person. Maybe a bystander walked by the sleeping person and didn’t see the freezing person, but another nuisance or thing that needs to go away. The phrase “Feeling Blue” is used for when people are sick or sad.
In this image, blue is the color for depression and loneliness. A person is sleeping on a bench, almost transparent and camouflaged in the monochromatic shades of blue. All he or she has is whatever they could find to keep warm in the cold, something to place their head on, and a small bag on the ground. The subject seems so unimportant compared to the bench. The landscape even overpowers the bench itself, making the person inconsequential, which is the truth. Being barely visual makes the person not catch the attention of the viewer. The image portrays how the homeless are invisible on the streets, sidewalks, and on benches trying to sleep. The photographer shot the image at the same height of the bench with the subject center with a large amount of landscape behind him or her to display how the subject is tiny against the background of the park and of the
world. The sameness of the colors set a depressed mood with the combination of a dismal scene to show the situation of a person who has nowhere to go. The viewer must wonder if the person really sleeping, because he or she could be…dead. It may be difficult to view this image with its honest interpretation of the homeless, but images like this are needed. This one person symbolizes the thousands of others who live on what they can find in garbage cans or are given by kind people who have hearts. The main point the image is trying to portray is that the homeless are people too, and no one deserves to be alone in the snow, without a place to get away from the cold. No one at all.