WEEK 4: Visual Syntax Language

The underlying compositional structure of this photo is the line of people that are standing in front of a business. The line is long with both men and women that seems to be almost infinite the way the angle of the photo was taken. The people in the picture represent all those that are unemployed and looking for work since they have documents and briefcases with them that symbolize valid information of their experience, which is what company's need in order to make a hiring decision.

This photo is a visual representation of unemployment and how much is has increased by the number of people that are in the line. If you look at pictures that date from the Great Depression in the 1930's most people are waiting in long lines looking worried and stressed about their situations. It is also similar to the current photography I have discovered for the term unemployment in 20011. Even though these people have documentations about their work experience and are prepared by their expressions it seems routine for them applying to various jobs. For example, the girl in the front of the picture is making a phone call and looks apprehensive about applying since she probably has been turned down many times before.  She is in need of support from a friend or family member in order to be optimistic about the job opening and not give up.  If I had to describe this image to someone who was visual impaired I would make the connection between the Great Depression images that represent the sense of worry and hopelessness that is also depicted in this image. Another replacement of this image could be of newspaper articles in the background that states there is an increased number of unemployment in the United States.