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From reading the previous posts I have seen that many students have has similar interpretations to mine of these two images.

I found that Prof Dalke's antecedent explaination of the activity to come was highly suasive, it strongly influenced my interpretaion of the first photo. I was prepared to see something to do with genre. In the first image I saw a series of archways. They reminded me of the Gates exhibit which took place in central park. The exibit was innumerous orange metal archways with an orange fabric hanging down. Both the form and color of the shapes on the cover of the book reminded me of the exhibit. The Gates arches were modeled after Japanesse "Torii" another form of archway which is used to mark the transition from one place to another, which are typically used at the entrance to temples or shrines. I saw the shapes of the cover to represent transition between many different states. I felt that the colors, which were all different, represented transition between very different states. The rough edges also suggested a human hand in these transistions.

The second image immediately evokes mempries of Salvador Dali paintings. I immediately noticed how influenced I was by having seen the first photo first. I saw desolation, and isolation. The rose stands on its own, being created in a void. I saw the two photos as contrasts, the first photo showed an evolution and change from one thing to another, whereas the second showed a creation of something from nothing.