"The Kids in the Lids" in LIFE magazine

There were multiple things in this photo that I found very interesting. The first was color. I like the fact that even though the whole photo is in color that the only colors I see are the red and white on the hats. The stone background is an off white-ish color and is just that , a background. Although, the colors of the student's and adult's shirts are seen in this photograph, it was not a focus of color for me when I looked at this photo. Another quality in this photo that has caught my attention are the symbols on the outside detailing the steps and how they look as though they are connected with kids and adults on the steps. The connection I got was that the kids on the steps are facing in a downward position and the people detailed on the outside of the steps are facing in an upward position. Most of the decorations seem to be of young faces, which can also be connected to the young faces of the kids we see in the photo. I also liked the details in this photo. You can tell that this was a school trip and from the caption you know where and why they are on this trip. But, more importantly, the details of the name tags and adult supervision of a large number of kids, implies more than ever that this was a planned event for a special occasion for younger kids in elementary school. The fact that the special occasion was for Read Across America and that this photo was taken at the D.C. library also seems interesting because normally you read books or get books to read from a library. The photographer could have taken the photo of the kids in their Dr. Seuss hats when they got off of the bus, but instead the photographer took the photo outside of the library, which represents the event they came to celebrate very well.