This image shows a man in a war, he seems to be very distant and doesn't look aware of the camera, this gives the audience the idea that he is suffering from PTSD, McCullin takes documentary photography so he tells true stories with his photographs, he doesn't edit his images to tell a different story that isn't the truth. The shadows over his eyes make it seem like he isn't able to see properly or isn't able to understand what he is seeing.
Furthermore, the way he is holding his gun makes it seem like he isn't ready to fight, he is holding the gun barrel so he isn't holding where the trigger is, which makes it seem like he is very reluctant to shoot the gun.
This image is of a homeless person, McCullin has used a very high contrast for this image as it makes it look very striking, the photo looks very wild, his hair is not very tame at all and it is spiked in different directions, however the eyes of the man in this image are very calm and they are staring at the camera, this could show that he doesn't want to be in this position.
This image is of a man about to be shot in the head, this photograph is interesting because we don't know how it turned out. We don't know if he got shot or not. The punctum of this image is definitely the gun as it draws our attention towards what is going on in the photograph, the actual people rather than the background.
This photograph is very interesting, it shows a man in Africa, I love the symmetry of this image with the jewellery, the two earrings are facing different ways and the man is positioned in the centre of the image. The connotations of this image are that we are unaware of his culture and the way he lives and I believe that McCullin did this on purpose by using lighting to block out the mans eyes so we don't know exactly what he looks like, this means that we can't make assumptions about who he is.
The punctum of this image is probably the earrings as they are the brightest thing in the image.
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