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Blog Post 1: That Time We Looked at Wing Young Huie's Work and The Handmaid's Tale

(This image is from photographer Wing Young Huie's blog under the category "We are the Other (2012-2013). Click here to check out more of his work, and click here to see this photo on his website.) At first glance, what I noticed was the two people sitting at the wooden table with chalk boards holding messages, presumably written by the person holding them. When I first read the boards, I assumed that the only messages the boards had were the ones written on them. By this I mean that I thought the boy holding the board on the right side of the picture had chronic depression and was making a statement that depression was more than just sadness. The girl holding the chalk board to the left of the boy, at first glance, merely appears to be saying that she prefers to be called African-American over the term "black." I notice the picture is in black and white, possibly to highlight contrast in shade or to emphasize a duality of light and dark, white and black...