"I CAN'T REMEMBER"

This made me really sad. It reminded me of my grandmother who passed away and of my grandfather, her husband, who is currently at a hospital... slowly losing all of his memory.

The title of this photo essay is "This Is What Frustrates Me" and I can closely relate to this frustrated feeling. I was definitely frustrated when I heard about my grandfather's state. Frustrated that my grandfather had Alzheimer's disease. Frustrated that our life on earth isn't long enough. The ability to remember and cherish memories is one of the greatest gifts we have; and to lose that gift... I don't know what I would do.

(NOT SO) HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I couldn't help myself but to post this photo essay because it's 1) hilarious in a very depressing way and 2) it actually has a meaning/purpose to it.

It just love the unexpectedness of this photo essay. The author starts by zooming into the baby girl's (or is it a pretty boy?) smiling face, tricking the audience that this will be just another jolly photo essay. Yet, the meaning to this photo is quite the opposite from a happy, cute feeling the readers get. Why don't we analyze the photo essay be piece:

1. "One year for mother's day my mother took me to the beach"
Oh yay! Beach time! The baby is so happy to come play at the beach. It makes the readers go "awww".

2. The zoom out baby.
Oh, what a nice hoodie the baby is wearing.

3. Major zoom out baby... then the "and left" part.
Readers may once again say "awww", only this time it's not the "so-cute-aww". The baby's smile isn't even visible at this point. Because of the phrase "and left" is added, the happy baby becomes the poorest baby in the world. Without the words in this photo essay, no one would know how sad the scenario is.

Some possible purposes of this photo essay:
- Babies, hold your mom's hand!
- Don't abandon children. Whether it's abortion or apathy.