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This 7 page paper examines a photo essay, discusses the role that the visual images and the written text play in constructing it; and how changes to either the text or the visuals would change the original. We'll then make the changes and see how the meaning changes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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a photo essay, discusses the role that the visual images and the written text play in constructing it; and how changes to either the text or the visuals would change
the original. Well then make the changes and see how the meaning changes. The Photo Essay The photo essay under consideration appears on the Life Magazine web
site and depicts the funeral of the last Union soldier of the American Civil War. It was chosen because its very evocative, creates a definite mood; and because the
Civil War as a subject continues to fascinate people even today, 140 years after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox. The URL is: http://www.life.com/Life/classicpictures/lastunionsoldier/index.html. It was also
chosen because Life was known for its photography, and there is no doubt that these shots are very fine. The essay is a series of nine photos, all in black
and white; it was shot in 1956. The first shot shows us a huge floral arrangement on a stand in the right foreground that takes up fully 75% of
the picture; the quarter of the photo shows us a young drummer, dressed in a Civil War uniform, in profile in the background. The text with this shot is
simply an introduction: "In 1956 LIFE covered the funeral of Albert Woolson, the Civil Wars last Union soldier. This Memorial Day weekend, LIFE.com revisits this classic LIFE photo essay"
(Villet, 2005). The second shot is of Woolson in his coffin; there are four older women standing looking down at him; there is a flag draped over the coffin;
and a soldier in contemporary uniform stands as an honor guard. The text is: "The citizens of Duluth, Minnesota, pay their last respects to Woolson" (Villet, 2005).
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