William Eugene Smith

Photo by- William Eugene Smith
I really like this photo. It makes me think about what the people living during this time period were going through. There is a lot going on in the photograph and it leaves me with a lot of questions, which intrigues me.

Can a single photo create change?

I believe that a single photo can effect how people see the world, which can ultimately create change. The photograph below was taken in Santiago, Chile. I lived in Chile for six months and the beautiful capital of this amazing country always seemed to be surrounded by smog. Smog is released into the air when fuels are burnt. When sunlight and its heat react with these atmospheric gases, smog is formed. With Santiago's average temperature of 69°F and almost 10 million people within the confines, smog is almost inevitable. Tourism is very popular in this city, and as the photo below depicts a couple taking a selfie hundreds of feet above the city, smog engulfs it. This problem, and photograph, could easily provoke people into changing their ways to make this city, and hundreds of others around the world, more inhabitable.