Things Are Looking Up In San Francisco

In this photo there are numerous things that the audience can look at. At first glance, my eye went straight to the trolley car and the people standing on the car on the side. My eye then went straight to the center of the photo where the water and the little island are positioned in the distance. As I kept looking at the photo, my eye was then directed to the horizon and the hills in the upper portion of the photo. I found that having multiple things to look at in this photo to be interesting because even though there is a lot going on in the scene, each portion I looked at did not take away from from the other big portions of the photo. The tree on the left side and the division line between the street and horizon give the photo a square shape. This photo also tells a story and gives an insight to what the town/place is actually like. The trolley carrying people off into the distance gives the audience a sense to where they are going and that there is more to the town. The unknown place of where the trolley is going also tells a story of hope because we do not know exactly where the people are going but the horizon and the island in front of them shows that they are going somewhere calm. Overall, this photo intrigued me because of the beautiful scenery and the complex, but simple multiple objects in the photo.