Stereotypes - true or false
This photo portrays three elderly men. The men are a part of the Jehovah's Witnesses. A couple of days a week they take a walk from Nørrebro to the inner city with the purpose of doing missionary work. The photograph shows the three men sitting on bench in the park having a conversation in foreground. The composition of the black and white photo is build up around the golden section. Here the hand is placed strategically to follow this golden composition and the light toward the hand is creating a diagonal line from the sun towards the hand. The trees in the background creates a vertical line to the top of their heads. The building in the background creates a horizontal line across the photo. The lines leads the viewer's eyes to the men. This contrast between light and darkness and the the man´s hand gesture refer to the religious elements of their lives. We have chosen this photo, because we found them interesting. When we saw these well dressed men walking through the park, we thought they were classy and highly educated. But when we got to talk to them and found out they were from Jehovah’s Witnesses, we could see that what we thought about them to begin with was stereotypical. The photo challenges the stereotypes created by society. This photo also deals with the changing stereotypes related to age and this creates another dimension to the debate about stereotypes