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October 29, 2005
"Delta Debutante Club" Postcard Photograph
The postcard that I chose in class was titled "Delta Debutante Club" and was taken in Greenville, Mississippi. At first when I looked at the photograph I noticed the white gloves that all of the women had on and the flowers that they were holding in their hands. This characteristic of the photograph gave a sense of uniformity among the women. The flowers were held by the women in different positions, with some being more upright then others. The women also had different hairstyles showing that the younger women had their hair pulled half up and let half down and the older women had their hair worn down. Also the style of the dresses varies in this photo. The women on the right of the photograph have white dresses, one which is short sleeved and the other three with thick straps. The women on the left have on light colored dresses one with thick straps and the others with thin straps.
What can be connotated from this photograph is that these women are in a type of pageant and are somewhat wealthy, because of the dresses that they are wearing. The background of the photo shows a lot of trees and an open grassy area, which shows that these women are in the country. All of the facial expressions of the women are different. Some have serious faces, meaning that maybe they are not very excited about the debutante and don't really care. Two of the other women have a semi-smile, basically put on just to take the picture and get it over with. One woman is the only one who is actually smiling, and seems like she is happy to be there. The women all seem like they are not really friends, but are just placed in order to take a picture. A sort of dark fabric is laid out on the floor in front of the women with the light colored dresses on to show that they are of more importance. This means that these women were the ones who had a winning place in the debutante.
This photograph by Annie Leibovitz captures the personalities of the women that she photographed. They basically show the outcome of debutantes, like how some of the women are excited and some just put on a show for the camera. A happy vs. complacent tone can be connoted from this photograph, just from the facial expressions of the women. They dominate the photo so that the background doesn't have as much importance. The imporant aspect that I gathered from this photo was that the women are important, because of being a part of the debutante and the fact that they have a photograph taken of them.
--Yasmin
Posted by lcisperez at October 29, 2005 02:33 PM