The use of photos in certain compositions can have a profound effect. The combination of specific colors can also add an emotional impact. After the 1920s, the great drpression was remembered as a period of turmoil, and the images produced repersented this well. An image without out any text draws the viewers attentiion to the subject rather than having competing elements on the same page. Different colors can add layers of mood to any composition, during the 1930s black and white images became symbloic with a depressed mood or state.
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While images alone had a great impact, hand drawn cartoons gathered a lot of interest from it’s abstract ways of tell a story. These were common during the early 20th century and consisted of political, economical, and other global themes. Within these drawing subjects were often represented by a human character or any object that can display emotion.
by Winsor McCay
