Showcase: Dubai’s Improbable Tale
Personally, the photo that stood out to me the most is the one of the Poseidon suite in the Atlantis hotel which overlooks the Ambassador Lagoon. To me this photo stood out to me since it amazes me how people are willing to spend a significant amount of money for a night or two in this suite in return. This photo stood out to me particularly because in the same photo slide show there are pictures of laborers in their camps who, according to the caption, “have not been paid in seven months.”
It is heart breaking to see that while some people enjoy unnecessary and exaggerated luxuries, others struggle to cover their basic needs. This photo fits in perfectly with the other photographs in the slide show since it demonstrated images that juxtaposed the poor and wealthy as well as the desert landscapes with the rising sky-scrapers.
The photos presented in the slide show allowed the text to be more effective since they were visuals for the reader to use to further understand the photographer’s approach and argument. Each photograph tells a story on its own about one aspect in Dubai. For instance, the photograph taken of the club Plastik portrays the rich foreigners or the elite who have the luxury to go to clubs and spend money. In another photograph, Ms. Greenfield photographs workers sitting on the ledge of building with the Burj Al Arab fading in the horizon behind them.
This photo slide show successfully portrays the diversity that is continuously growing in a booming city as Dubai which; consequently, struck me the most.
You have a way with words, saying what needs to be said, with each word striking away to listener or reader. I love how you are able to pull the wool over people's eyes. Great job.
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