For this location, the perspective didn’t seem to change the mood or mindset of the viewer for the most part. Taken at a familiar crossroad on my drive to school, this intersection doesn’t look too significant. And depending on what you’re focusing on or what direction of the road you are coming from, this intersection may seem even less important or meaningful to your life. However, within the different perspectives, a story is created; a story unknown to me, but all too real for somebody.
The perspective from a driver’s seat isn’t anything new for most of us. Even in this image, the view from this seat seems completely ordinary to us in Indiana. An intersection in the middle of the country is something that we see daily, especially from this perspective, but perhaps it is the ordinary scene of this image that contributes to the lack of emotion or interest of the image. In the second image, the worm’s eye view perspective still does not add interest or bring about many new emotions to the viewer. While its creativity may be intriguing, it’s the leading line that my possibly catch the viewer’s eye. The symmetry of the road has its significance in the image and to the audience, it could simply give the imagery of the symmetrical and grid like patterns of the country roads. The third photo, while at the same intersection, is purposely taken to give the viewer a sense of authority of the law. The dominating stop sign adds a power and ruling to the image that we, as drivers, often seem to take for granted. The vast fields in the background also add to the ordinary country scene that we are so familiar with. Finally, the fourth image, taken of a cross at the same simple intersection, adds the emotional perspective of the location. While a common stop sign, intersection, or country road seems to be a nuisance to us sometimes, we forget the importance and meaning that some of these locations have for people. While I do not know the person or people involved in the death of this intersection, I know that its symbolism can speak volumes in relation to an ordinary intersection by a common and well-traveled road.
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