Strange narrative...an unsettling place, a inside view of a cartoon version of our "pop" world...a set where paparazzi document all that is good...but is good still heartfelt? This commercial image by James Jean takes what we know about holidays and turns it into something darker...who is the victim and who is the aggressor? Lines are blurred and worlds collide...
From a visual language perspective the overall cool color scheme sets the mood...the red is the warm POP that adds the contrast required to keep us interested...the peach, heads tie in with the red and we follow those heads all around the picture plane...We also follow around the dark areas in the the top of the trees as well as the cameras in the lower left had corner and in the cage holding the photographers...the image makers and the image takers...How are we suppose to digest this image, reconcile the unsettling juxtaposition of what we enjoy and what we fear...
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