W Eugene Smith used under and over exposure to deepen his translation and communication with the viewer. In the first picture above the bunny symbolizes innocence and purity. As well as in the second picture that the boy is bright white compared to the dark water he is about to dive into. This symbolizes life because children start off innocent until they get older and become a part of society and start to see the evils of the world. So the black water symbolizes society and the young innocent boy about to dive into it. The third picture you can see the dark clouds and world around him while the man is wearing a light colored suit. Smith under exposed to darken the low lights and give the picture a depressing tone. You can see in this third image he is surrounded by hardship and slowly he is dimming and giving into the darkness.
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