i realize i may have offended a couple of people with this. it's just one possible scenario, i don't know anything about the circumstances of this person but they were definately homeless. truth is there is a fine line between comfort and poverty.
Very different from the others i have seen. I think there is so much darkness in the picture, that I cannot make the connection with this person's circumstance and how it relates to your message.
I'm amending this comment, not because I've changed my mind, but because I should attempt to be more helpful. For me this photograph is:
1) Offensive: You are making a lot of assumptions about your subject here that may or may not be true. Perhaps you know this person, likely you do not. (The shot appears to be one that was taken clandestinely.) Either way you are using your subject as a means to make your point. And doing it in a rather flip and shallow way. You are not treating either your subject or your audience with respect.
2) Ineffective: Because there is not context to harmonize your subject with your purported message, the effectiveness of the message is reduced.
3) Photographically boring: The picture is uninteresting, cluttered, and unbalanced visually. The blurred greenery in the foreground is very distracting, and your main subject is either too small in the frame (if your intent was to focus in on the face/expression), or to close (if your intent was to give context through the surroundings).
Is this a homeless person, or someone taking a break after a long walk or did she fall or was she mugged? It's a nice cropping but if you're wanting to encourage or motivate the reader it has to have a defined story and this one leaves too many possibilities. Also, if it's a picture of a homeless person and your message is go to college that seems a bit judgemental doesn't it? I mean you don't know the circumstances of the persons life. They may have a degree and had a bad card dealt to them in life and lost everything. College doesn't hold all the answers. However, because I kindof like the crop and to show I'm not a completely hartless person I'm giving you a 6
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