1st Draft

The main focus of the poem, Photography by Nikki Giovani is that to remain aware of the world around you need to leave your personal comfort zone sometimes and think about the world outside what affects you.  It shows this through imagery throughout the text in various ways. The poem uses metaphors and similes with items having to do with photography like various parts of the camera.

“The eyes we are told are the a camera” is a direct quote from the poem Photography. This shows that people can be like a camera’s lens seeing only what the photographer chooses to see. It shows how people like to remain oblivious to things they would rather not know about.

Another quote is “The film is the heart” . This means that are memories define us making us who we are today because the film is technically the “memory” of a film camera. It also shows that people have strong emotions about memories and things that they experience. The way that this connects to the overall theme of Photography is that people may not want to see things that contrast with their personal beliefs about the world and distress them.

“Its easy sitting in the sun to forget the cold” is another direct quote. This quote I interpret to mean that it is easy when your happily living your carefree life ( this would be the warmth of the sun) that their are people who suffer and terrible things happen (this would be the cold).

In conclusion an internal theme of Photography is the way people act when they are happy with life and ignore the misery that constantly goes on day to day throughout the world. The poem does not just focuses on peoples obliviousness but it also emphasizes that you need to be aware of what is happening in the world.