The part I'm looking forward to the most at the Pulitzer panel discussion is the photography of John White. I think his photos are wonderful and show a different side to city life and show an important message. Of the photos I've seen most tend to be photos of run down city scenes with children happily playing. I think this is a wonderful feeling to give to viewers. The photo that I included in my post is of a run down apartment building with a young boy walking by. The building towers over the small child making him seem even smaller in comparison. The child walks alone through the streets with the only adults being two people walking away far in the distance their backs turned to the child. While this photo doesn't have the playing, smiling aspects of his other photos there is a glow from the sunlight that is enhanced by the weeds around the child. They give him a golden glow that seems calming and happy in comparison to the darkened building with its tattered blinds, broken windows and graffiti covered walls. It's also a commentary on the children in the bad neighborhoods of cities, they are alone in the big city without someone to guide them, but they still have a glow of youth and hope that they must hold on to. An even better detail is the shadow of the building just around the corner and the child looks at the shadow while walking it its direction, he will leave the glow and warmth of the sunshine and head into the dark dark shadow that is to come.
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