Marco Antonio Cruz Visual Analysis

The image taken by Marco Antonio Cruz is shrouded in a layer of mystery and leave viewers with an uncertain feeling that grabs their attention. In the caption of the photo it states that it is a photo of a visually impaired person from Mexico and that it is part of a series of photographs. This photo is in black and white and has many stark angles that create contrast between the person, the floor and the walls. The room that it was taken in is dimly lit and seems very barren because of its lake of any furniture or objects. It appears as if the person in the image as just gone down a flight of stairs and is about to round a corner. The viewers do not know what is behind the corner and neither down the person in the image because of their visual impairment. The person in the image is reaching one of their hands out as if to feel what is in front of them, or what is behind the corner. The emotions that the picture seems to radiate is that of mystery and fear as the audience does not know what lies behind the corner for the visually impaired person and they do not know what kind of future that they may face.
They rely only on their hearing, smell, touch and the kindness of other people to guide them through an increasingly complex world. People with full sight are very uncomfortable with the notion of losing their vision because they rely on it so much in day to day life. Whether it is driving, reading or simply walking in a crowd of people without bumping into them it is hard to imagine a life where you could not see. Visually impaired people are constantly facing uncertainty but have developed ways in order to conquer