Jill Greenberg

My initial reaction from looking at Greenberg's work is to immediately understand how her work is considered to be controversial. It shows children crying, which makes the audience and myself question how she got the children to cry so dramatically, is it showing an example of child abuse or is it something simple like tormenting the child with toys? The images appear to be quite formal because of the studio and flash, the flash is clear through the reflection of the child's tears.

                     The meaning or purpose of these images I feel could maybe used for charity purposes, to either raise awareness or to encourage people to donate money to said charity. It could possibly used as posters or adverts in magazines and newspaper. The images appear to be very professional which is strange because of the nature of the images and the subject. The images could also be exhibited, because I imagine these images blown up would be very stunning.

                      It appears that the image has been slightly saturated, I feel to draw your eye to the child's face and what they are doing. There is a good use of visual language with the lighting, it's clear that there has been flash used, and this emphasises the children's tears by reflecting the light back to the camera. This emphasises the sadness and frustration of the children. The models appear to be wearing no cloths which not  only highlights the idea of child abuse but  also gives the models no aesthetic appearance.

                      I feel the way the photographer has gotten these children to cry so much would be by tormenting them some how. Maybe with a toy or sweet and then held the sweet above the camera and this is how she got the kids to look in the direction of the camera. The equipment used is likely to be very professional. Made clear by the use of a studio and flash.