read this text first >> the 5 W's <<
Then answer these 5 questions:
- What?:
- Who?:
- When?:
- Where?:
- Why?:
Here are some possible clues and don't forget to check how much time it took to get your students so far.
- It is a digital photograph
- Who made is is unclear as there is no caption or signature
- When? in years, not too long ago (digital cameras and phones are here for the last 15 years)
- When? time is around noon (looking at he short shadows)
- Where? Now that is interesting. A sunny country, not too dry, a well kept courtyard. A gate to a sports or tennis field*. I can spot flowering bougainville. People are not poor, but not wealthy either. Not very busy, too hot?
The garden is well maintained as is the white wash. There is a large sign but I can't read it
- Why? Why on earth would someone take a photo like this? But still it has some atmosphere.
Photo wise:
- The picture is not very straight
- There is no real point where your eye finds some rest or focus.
- Why not make it from a little further away?
- For heaven's sake, where are the people? Put someone in the frame and all the questions are answered
*(it is in fact the back entrance to a tenniscourt in the suburbs of Cairo, 10th of Feb. 2005)