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Poverty (Ella B.)
I am Ella, a 7th grader, and I love photography. I captured a photo of several tired hands cupping together, the image that comes to my head when I think of poverty. There are many different cases that could leave one into poverty, but I decided to focus on any given circumstances with a single parent and a handicapped child. This scenario is one that can’t be controlled, because the parent is unable to leave the child unattended and therefore can not work. Other forms of poverty are by previous actions, but this poverty is strictly hard to move away from. I have not myself experienced with extreme poverty, although I have visited many places and saw in my hometown people in poverty. Over the years it began to notice the beggars on the streets, or the homeless shelters I’ve heard of in the newspapers and felt strongly about this topic. I believe that everything can have a solution, no matter how long it takes. Poverty is a subject that so many people struggle with and all of the power is in the people in their town, city, or country. Spreading the awareness of poverty can make such a big difference. In my photo I positioned the camera directly above the hands so as to not highlight one pair of hands and emphasize the importance of the whole. I filtered the photo in black and white as to show the contrast between the outside world, the grass, and the hands.The dirt on the hands symbolizes how much work and struggles these people in poverty went through. Thinking about poverty made me realize how much I strived to help people in poverty. There are many organizations such as shelters, charities, or a welfare office located throughout many places through Boston. Cradles to Crayons especially favors necessities for children that might be struggling with poverty. This issue of poverty is something that I believe is fully in the power of our people and therefore I wanted to portray this topic.
Poverty (Ella B.)
I am Ella, a 7th grader, and I love photography. I captured a photo of several tired hands cupping together, the image that comes to my head when I think of poverty. There are many different cases that could leave one into poverty, but I decided to focus on any given circumstances with a single parent and a handicapped child. This scenario is one that can’t be controlled, because the parent is unable to leave the child unattended and therefore can not work. Other forms of poverty are by previous actions, but this poverty is strictly hard to move away from. I have not myself experienced with extreme poverty, although I have visited many places and saw in my hometown people in poverty. Over the years it began to notice the beggars on the streets, or the homeless shelters I’ve heard of in the newspapers and felt strongly about this topic. I believe that everything can have a solution, no matter how long it takes. Poverty is a subject that so many people struggle with and all of the power is in the people in their town, city, or country. Spreading the awareness of poverty can make such a big difference. In my photo I positioned the camera directly above the hands so as to not highlight one pair of hands and emphasize the importance of the whole. I filtered the photo in black and white as to show the contrast between the outside world, the grass, and the hands.The dirt on the hands symbolizes how much work and struggles these people in poverty went through. Thinking about poverty made me realize how much I strived to help people in poverty. There are many organizations such as shelters, charities, or a welfare office located throughout many places through Boston. Cradles to Crayons especially favors necessities for children that might be struggling with poverty. This issue of poverty is something that I believe is fully in the power of our people and therefore I wanted to portray this topic.