This exercise comes in two parts the first of which starts with us being asked to explain what an image of two boys in football strip, with linked arms on a piece of semi-derelict ground in front of some blocks of flats or residential buildings. I’ve not posted it here because of lack of clarity in my mind about copyright issues, but the list of features that the image denotes should be sufficient.
Denotation – what it shows | Connotation – what I infer from it |
Two boys linking arms | They’re friends |
Wearing different coloured football strips (the pic is in B&W but one is plain the other striped) | Their differing allegiances do not prevent them from being friends. From my understanding of how tones reproduce I infer that the strips are Celtic and Rangers – which probably makes the location Glasgow. |
The strip is very clean | The picture could be posed – football strips are usually a bit grubby, although they could be setting off to play rather than returning. |
The rows of apartments behind the boys are very run-down, with an air of neglect | This is not a wealthy part of Glasgow. |
The ground is very stony | Adds to the air of dereliction and suggests perhaps that demolition of some of the old apartments has been taking place and tidied up. |
The sky is strangely textured and the overall image quality is poor | I suspect this may be re-produced from newsprint |
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