Heliotrope
Boston, Massachusetts
The word heliotrope has several meanings, but here it refers to a plant which turns toward the sun. The significance of this shot lies in its subject turning from a dark room toward the only sunlight available in a wall full of windows shut to the light. There are metaphors to be drawn, but it is up to the viewer to decide what they are, whether they be political, socioeconomic, or religious.
Heliotrope
Boston, Massachusetts
The word heliotrope has several meanings, but here it refers to a plant which turns toward the sun. The significance of this shot lies in its subject turning from a dark room toward the only sunlight available in a wall full of windows shut to the light. There are metaphors to be drawn, but it is up to the viewer to decide what they are, whether they be political, socioeconomic, or religious.