The book that I read over the summer is called Beloved, by Toni Morrison. This book is about slavery and the effects of it. Upon learning about this assignment I immediately thought of anything that had to do with slavery such as using handcuffs. I knew that by showing handcuffs and chaining of the cuffs on the door shows that it deals with slavery. I took this picture of handcuffs with someone attached to one side of it and the other attached to the door to show that slavery is bound to the master and the house. I actually had a hard time trying to get a perfect shot of it because the angles were kind of hard to figure out when you want to try to capture that perfect shot angle of the handcuffs. Out of all the shots i took, i really liked this one because the person is handcuffed to the door and he has no way of freeing himself. It clearly shows that a slave is someone who is bound to the land and master and is not free. At first i was going to go for a scene in the book of Beloved, but then Ms. Miles said that it doesn't have to be necessarily from the book itself, but from the main concept of the story line, which was for this story, slavery. Overall, i thought that the picture clearly conveys what slaves are.
When I edited this photo, i played with the lighting and i kind of darkened the edges to show a feeling that is somewhat dark and emotional. I really like the lighting because its not too bright but not too dark. The dark conveys a feeling of sadness because slaves really want to be liberated, yet they are bound to the master and doesn't have freewill.
