Fear of the Inconclusive

While looking through Alex Webb's photographs, I sensed a different form of technique that I was never really exposed to. He seems to love to photograph people in their completely raw setting and I feel like there's something so beautiful about that. I love that he doesn't romanticize his pictures and their settings to be more than they really are just to please the audience. His photographs are definitely very symbolic and every element in the picture adds a different meaning and feel.
This photograph definitely stood out to me as soon as I saw it. It can be interpreted in so many ways. I believe that it represents how freeing life can actually feel. I feel that a lot of people are almost suffocated and irritated just to live their day to day lives. That is one of the greatest tragedy's that one can witness. Life has so much potential to have everything you could ever dream of. But, if we as humans succumb to a mundane cyclic lifestyle, there is no doubt that we would one day dread waking up the next morning. The man in this photograph appears to have intentionally jumped and expected it to be a lot less vigorous than it turned out to be because of the motion of his body. The photograph was so well done for one reason in specific: he didn't include the mans face and his expression after jumping. I felt like that was a very clever choice on his part. Photography should always leave  room for interpretation, any art should. By showing his face, I feel it would've given away the beauty of the photograph. I love that the clouds are gray and are very difficult to tell what type of weather there is outside. I felt that that was symbolic for the man's enjoyment. As the viewer, you aren't completely sure if the man is enjoying it just as much as you are unsure if it is sunny or gloomy. The gleam of trees in the far left side of the picture give an element of peace. It seems unusual to say but the tree's actually reassured me that the man would be okay after this picture.