N. Dolphin WARP

I chose the photograph titled [Mr. Smith, Overseer at Wylie Mill, With four children, Chester, South Carolina]. The photograph for the gelatin silver print was taken November 1908 in Chester, South Carolina. The photograph is a portrait of 4 children workers and their overseer "Mr. Smith". It is evident that the man in the middle is the authoritative figure, especially since he is in the center.The youngest looking kids are on the lower steps and the older ones on the same step as the overseer. The children's poses look very timid, while Mr. Smith is just straight on open and confident. The man is very serious and stern looking. The three children look serious as well, except for the kid all the way to the right. He is what makes this picture to me. He is the only one cracking a smile; he shows the children's innocence. He proves that these workers are still just children and still have premature mentalities. It aches my heart seeing how serious these little baby boys...

I prefer Dürer's woodcut because of how much character it has in it. It is a more stylized piece with exaggerated armor looking features and detailed scales on the rhinoceros. Even though a rhino does not look exactly like his woodcut there is a reference of a one horned rhino, and I can see it. It is his interpretation and that is why I like it because it looks different and has more character to it. I find it to be more interesting than Burgkmair's naturalistic version.  Francesco Granacci's version of the rhinoceros is the one I found the most amusing. It is obvious he has influence from Giovanni Penni's with the low scooping U shaped head and the shape of the body. But Granacci's version was a more realistic version of an illustrative rendering of the rhino so it looks strange all together. I found Dürer's unrealistic but metaphorical because of its armor. But Granacci's looks like it is wearing an iron skirt with little legs underneath like ...