Title: Bet We Can Smoke the Most
Artist: Klaus Steak
Date: 1982
In this image you see a cigarette standing with factory towers that are emitting pollution into the atmosphere. The cigarette is enlarged so that it is the same size as the other towers (since cigarettes are usually pretty tiny) and there is a mass of smoke near the bottom of the page, which seems to add to the polluted and unhealthy theme. There are bold red words over the picture and it reads "Wir Rauchen um die Wette" which means "Bet We can Smoke the Most". You see the factory building in the background, and I noticed that the image only has industrial objects and there is no sign of nature. When I first saw this image, my eyes were drawn to the cigarette at the center and then I moced on the red words, before further looking at the background and other parts of the image. My first thought was that the photo's intention was probably to compare a cigarette to pollutants and how they are unhealthy and bad for people. I thought it was a strong message since it made a very strong comparison, where instead of showing people who had suffered from tobacco addiction, he used a different tactic that aws just as effective.
This photo uses emphasis, where the almost grayscale photo contrasts with the bold red words near the center of the image. You can also see this emphasis on the cigarette, the 'odd' tower that isn't black like the rest however it stands in line with the other towers. The cigarette is placed in the center, and it acts as a path that leads the author's eyes down to the red words near the bottom. Steak also uses lines and asymmetry with the towers, You see the factory building in the background, and I noticed that the image only has industrial objects and there is no sign of nature. When I first saw this image, my eyes were drawn to the cigarette at the center and then I moced on the red words, before further looking at the background and other parts of the image. My first thought was that the photo's intention was probably to compare a cigarette to pollutants and how they are unhealthy and bad for people. I thought it was a strong message since it made a very strong comparison, where instead of showing people who had suffered from tobacco addiction, he used a different tactic that aws just as effective.
Where the almost grayscale photo contrasts with the bold red words near the center of the image. You can also see this emphasis on the cigarette, the 'odd' tower that isn't black like the rest however it stands in line with the other towers. The cigarette is placed in the center, and it acts as a path that leads the author's eyes down to the red words near the bottom. Steak also uses lines and asymmetry with the towers,
