The image I selected is from the Work Project Administration. The image shows a teacher practice and teach three students about music and teaching them about a trade within music and production. I selected this image because it shows how people are hoping for the future and being more optimistic. People are also getting back to work in any manners possible, so this woman is working with children as a teacher while her husband is at work. This photo reveals the hope and optimism to get people back on their feet and working again. Also, children are hope for the future and if they are getting involved and excited for something such as music then everybody can be successful.1
These methods of image analysis and annotation make it easier and more efficient to think critically about photos. For example, you can connect different themes and ideas among photos. It is possible to make connections and more easily show the reader some important information, rather than putting a paragraph caption under a photo. Digital images are hard to give the viewer a connection, but with annotations within an image then the viewer can understand and value a photo more. While, I find glitching interesting, I find image annotation more useful because I can connect to certain aspects better with separate annotations.
My Historical Question is “How did the Work Project Administration help citizens get back on their feet and back to work making money? This photo helps show how people are preparing to get back to work and work with children. These methods of image analysis make it easier to answer this question in the sense that analysis will help show the different ideals and answers. Drawing from this, workers were excited to get back to work and many people were excited to work within the Federal Work Projects including music, theater, and writing. These people wanted a better life and would walk over 8 miles a day to get lessons and work. 2
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- “How Song, Dance and Movies Bailed Us out of the Depression.” Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2009. https://www.latimes.com/la-oe-dickstein1-2009apr01-story.html.
- “The Migrant Experience : Articles and Essays : Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941 : Digital Collections : Library of Congress.” The Library of Congress. Accessed October 8, 2019. https://www.loc.gov/collections/todd-and-sonkin-migrant-workers-from-1940-to-1941/articles-and-essays/the-migrant-experience/.
