Leggo Man

This photo is from a collection of different lego creations from Life magazine. Out of all of the photos in this collection I found this one pretty interesting because it was the most simple out of all the amazing photographs of the other creations. This lego man is what the classic legos looked like and I like how the creation in this photograph doesn't have to look too fancy or complicated to put together to make an impression on someone looking at the photo. The saying on the lego man's shirt and his size bring a message to the viewers that just because someone is small and may not seem real does not mean that it does not have a lesser meaning or is less significant. Also, the lego man's left hand in the photo seems to be framing the lady in the distance walking on the beach toward the ocean. The edges of the lego man's hand looks as if the person could be picked up at any moment by the lego man. This follows up with the analysis of the size of the lego man and his saying on his shirt. The facial expression on the lego seems angry and his stance makes a dominant statement to the audience. I thought that this was interesting considering most of the faces in legos are happy and that the stance of a lego (in general) is less dominant because legos are smaller than us. So the roles are reversed in this photo and it kind of makes me think that if legos were real would they think we stomped around beaches with angry faces trying to let smaller things know we are dominant and not to mess with us? In addition, the photographer places a beach as the background to bring out the wonderful creation of this lego. However, I think that the reason behind this has something to do with his saying on his shirt questioning reality. I think that the photographer did a good job capturing the center of this photograph (the lego man) and the colors on the lego man are the only colors that actually stand out in this photo. From some of the readings in class, I am beginning to wonder if this is an example of a photo that is placed into a frame of another photo.