INNOCENCE

This image is used to represent innocence. The photographer uses a baby to represent innocence because they are young and haven't experienced the real world. The baby has wide open eyes that shows it's fascinated. It a medium close up of the baby because all the expression is in the face and not the body. They have also chosen to put the image in black and white instead of colour because it shows that older people don't view the world in the same way a child does. The baby is looking straight at the camera allowing the person looking at it, to see all the expression in their eyes. This conforms to our view of a baby because a child is typically the image of innocence. The child is also very cute which is what most people expect a baby to look like, big eyes and a chubby face. The enigma in this photo is what the baby id looking at, it may be looking at the camera or something in the distance behind the camera. The body posture of the baby also gives the effect that it's leaning in like it's interested in something.

"Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children."