Picture Analysis: Public Lynching

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Description: The photograph Public Lynching has been edited, people have been removed and the saturation increased. The complex colors and composition draw the viewer's attention to the crowd of white people gathered below a tree at night. At first glance the main figure of the photograph is the gathering of white people, smiling and pointing at the tree, but at further investigation the viewer becomes aware of the black space below the tree, obviously lacking a hanging body. The photograph has no defined focal point, but people and plants placed around making the viewer's eye roam not targeting one piece of the photo since the bodies were edited out. The composition of the photo in enhanced by the colors. The photograph was edited and the

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