American Soldier: Ian Fisher

    I think the most powerful image in the slideshow is the one when he is holding a gun and staring off to the distance. I think that because it gives a feeling of loss, reflection, and peace. It shows how much he had changed over the time spent in the army.

Set 1 - at home - Image #1 to Image #3
Set 2 - basic training - Image #4 to Image #12
Set 3 - in Iraq - Image #13 to Image #27
In Image #28 he is back at home in Denver

    I think Set 3 was the most powerful because first it was the longest and had the most amount of story, or pictures. I also think that because in the other two sets there was more happiness, but now there is a lot more deeper feelings.



    The images show you through each stage he experienced in the army. They progress you slowly and carefully through time to show you the story as it happened well. The only abrupt images was the one at the end and the one before it, because it showed no intermission stage. You cam see Fisher slowly change, with almost no sets of images that disrupt the flow and speed the story goes at.

    In the images in which Ian Fisher is in, the captions are usually written in present tense. The captions enhance the photographs by explaining what is happening in them and what Fisher is feeling at that moment in time. The captions tell you background information about the photos and explain the photos if you couldn't understand it by looking at it. 

    Ian Fisher needed something to do in his young life, so he joined the army. The separation from family and friends hurt him while he got ready and left for basic training. Fisher learns discipline and what to look out for. Meanwhile, he proposes to a girlfriend, but later they break up. He then gets many injuries and starts taking multiple drugs, such as pain relievers. Finally, he gets pulled into action, and must always have tense attention. He later does patrols and examines the life going on around him. He finally at the end goes back home, changed from his experiences.