Teju Cole Assignment

The photograph from Teju Cole’s essay “Perfect and Unrehearsed” that I have selected to write about is “Three boys in Liberia”photographed in 1932 by Martin Munkacsi. This particular picture captures an important moment.The reality that the three young men are captured in the act of running in the picture indicates that the scene would have appeared differently had the shot been taken a second later.Taking it at a different time might also affect the appearance of the waves, since we can also see water and waves splashing up in the air in the background. Another approach to view this picture is as an informative picture.The picture captures a moment in time when people are having fun and running toward the beach. I get a feeling from looking at this picture that these young people are just being young people also I get the impression from this picture that these people are just being people and having a blast running about in the ocean. I Appreciate how, if not for their feet, it appears as though they are sprinting towards the camera in this picture, but since we can see them going away in the direction of the water.I believe the feeling of freedom is the main idea the author was trying to get over. The young people enjoying the clean ocean air while running around on the beach.