Political Message

"Keep Out"

This image shows the lovely Maine woods, with a sign posted on a tree that tells President Trump to keep out of the forest which, represents all of Earth's nature for the purpose of the message. I made this image by printing a sign and heading down to Winslow Park to tape it to a tree and capture the woods in the warm June sun. I then printed the photo in the darkroom using a transparency.

This photo uses rule of thirds, repetition and grouping, and the path acts as leading lines. Originally, I wanted the sign to be posted on top of an actual signpost that they have at Winslow, but it didn't have a good enough angle on the woods to show them in their entirety.

This photo comments on the Trump Administration's policies that do harm to the environment. The sign tells Trump to keep his policies out of our forests and natural resources, as he seems to have the intention of doing harm to them in the name of business and politics. If I were to revise this photo, I might have liked to take it during sunrise.