photo analysis

Historic Northwest logging photos’ analysis
One photograph depicts a group of rural men. All of them are looking at the camera and some of them are seated and others stood on or near a huge tree’s trunk. Few of them hold on their hands work equipment such as axs which help them to cut down and dismember tree’s trunk. Thus, this single picture illustrate theme of work shown by piece of wood around and work equipments. Another element that emerges from this picture is the exploitation of wood as a daily activity. In addition to logging, the photo illustrate the old Northwest society and the beauty of its nature. Although the photo seems to emphasize the exploitation of wood as a natural resource and wealth, it also shows us trees cutted, dirtiness, and men with axes on hand that characterize the work of people who live in a forest area. This gallery of old pictures illustrates the exploitation of the wood as being a principal resource and activity of the Northwest region.

One of the pictures shows us how much people are focus on their work. They don’t even look at the camera as other people did in other photos.They watch over the huge tree trunk supported by ropes on each side that is about to be dropped to the back of the trock. The theme of work is again supported by a picture that represents seven men stood in the woods and turned to the camera. These men wear clothes and boots that are not very clean but suitable for working in a dirty environment as where they are. Additionally, their surrounding includes two mules used for transportation of cutted trees trunk and work equipments such as axs and ropes.

Another theme in the photo gallery is the exploitation of wood. Logging is illustrated by images of cutted and transported trees trunks by truck or mules. In one picture, a standing man with a rope in hands, although he is looking at the camera, is about to pull rope which is attached to a tree trunk. Furthermore, behind him we perceive far off a