Author: Anzila

The first photo is of a Monk praying in the church. I got inspired from this photo of Gordon Parks and thought to re-create it.  First of all I thought it is easy to re-create that’s why I chose this photo. I like how the hand of the Monk is focused and the background is blur. Also I tried my best to copy him, the angle and the way he have his fingers together. I couldn’t find a big ring  in my jewellery because I do not like big rings, to be honest while taking this photo I was not able to find any ring which can match may be a little like the one he is wearing so I thought I should not wear it at all.  I thought to re-create this photo because I believe that prayer can change anything. And in this hard time where everyone is affected by covid, we should all be thankful to God that we have food to eat and have shelter. However, covid has destroyed the world and it’s been a long time since we have lived our lives normally. So we should keep praying to have our lives back to normal. Re-creating photos was fun. I scrolled through the site of Gordon parks, at first I was so anxious of how I am going to re-create his photos because I am a shy person I really did’t want any picture where I have to be part of it. It took me a week to decide which picture I should choose for this assignment. and re-create. I saved ten photos the ones that I thought are easy for me to re-create and also I did’t wanted to go out and click any photos so I chose the ones which I can click at home.  The second photo of Gordon Parks is of a black guy with closed eyes I don’t know what he is doing with his hands in the air but from my perspective I think he is giving blessings to his audience. I decided to re-create this because I gained some confidence from fellow students posts and thought that it’s fine it’s just for an assignment. Again, I chose this picture because it was easy to re-create it.  The background is simple, white so I just stood next to the wall and clicked it. This picture is from the times of black history. I connected this picture and the first one together as they both convey the message of praying and blessings. As this photo is from black history so may be this guy was giving speech to his audience and after that  they had a little prayer together and that is when this photo was clicked may be. All the photos of Gordon Parks are so perfectly clicked that it’s impossible for a person like me who is not good at clicking photos to click a perfect photo.