Indescribable Directions

While researching Henri Cartier- Bresson and looking through his photographs, this one definitely stuck out as a defining image. It represents so much and could mean a multitude of things to different people looking at the photograph. There are so many things that I love about this picture. First and foremost, I'd have to say my favorite kind of photography is black and white photographs. I feel like it gives the image so much depth and dimension while allowing the viewer to infer the details of the picture. I feel as though  that more often than not, we are simply handed things to absorb, accept and move on. However, black and white photography gives you half the story and allows the reader to fathom his/her own ending; which I believe is one of the most beautiful things about photography.

This photograph is extremely symbolic of life. It begins with this chaotic and unruly tree that has leaves that don't seem to have a beginning or end. It ventures into organized chaos and eventually becomes this stable and beautiful line of trees that have a distinct direction and purpose. The beautiful line of trees eventually vanish into nothing, as if they had never existed. The grass on the same also begin complex and jadded and lead into a constant field of discipline and formality.
I believe that this is really what life is. We begin our lives unsure of who we are and what we want or what we plan to accomplish. And eventually, all of the little details fall into place and we become who we were meant to be all along. We create stable and distinct lives that mean something. Instead of chaos and distractions. we form complexity and dimension. And life begins to make sense.