Class Discussion: Interpreting Images

During our last class discussion we each reviewed a series of several images. The instructions were to  analyze each of the images based on what they communicate to the viewer, as well as how each image communicates this based on content, color, language, and more. In my group our images ranged from street signs, to fingerprints, to no-smoking signs. We discovered that many of the images were universally recognizable. For example, in the image of the red circle with the white rectangle through the middle, most people understand that this means danger or stop because of the commanding red color. The last two images we concluded were icon images that are simplified representations that symbolize something, but are not actually made from those things. Where as the middle two images of the fingerprint and the footprints in the sand are images made from the actual object that it represents such as our fingers or bare feet.