This is an image by Alex Webb and it is called ’Mexico. Oaxaca state, Tehuantepec. 1985. children playing in a courtyard

This is a picture of young Mexican children playing in the normal street. Behind the children there is a building that looks historical the colour’s of it are pale blue and white in the lower right third there are steps that are like a checker board pattern however the ground has no shadows which could indicate that is mid day and it could be cloudy.

This image was taken by Alex Webb who was born in San Francisco, California, in 1952 and began his photography career in 1975. He is a documentary photographer and has worked for big magazine’s such as New York time’s magazine’s , Geo and life. This picture I have chosen is an award winning image and it is called ‘’Mexico. Oaxaca state, Tehuantepec. 1985. children playing in a courtyard.’’ He took this image for a competition in a newspaper. This image reflects that children are the future of the world and no matter where they are in the world they have the freedom to do anything by the boy spinning the world on the tip of his finger. With this image you have to rely on your own perspective for the depth of field, you see the young boy with the world on his finger tip then the boy standing on the monument. The next point is the building to the right and then the eye is led under the archway where a woman is walking and leads to a court yard of trees. This image reminds me of an image by Henri Cartier Bresson of children in front of a white wall and a man with a bowler hat on.