Formal Critique

In this photo, a man dressed in what would be considered semi-formal wear is walking across a field. The significance of the photo however, is that the man is holding half filled small bags with water, while walking in the direction of a wide fire in the process of destroying a wide area of land. The photo overall gives off a disastrous tone and makes the viewer get the feeling of what one would feel after receiving sight of a disastrous catastrophe. All the land in the picture has been tarnished and burned and all lays flat. What should be sky is covered by the smoke and fog with a reflection from the fire. There is not one hint of color in the destroyed land or picture. The man is the only living thing in the picture along with the bags of water he contains. The bags are all hanging from a string and seem to be all connected and intertwined with one other, covering his body as he drags and lets them dangle from his body. What stood out as a second priority emphasis to me was that there is clearly not enough water to put out the disastrous fire or anything this man can do to bring back the land already destroyed or getting ready to be destroyed but still the man does what he can as he strides across the dead land.