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Rachel Sanfilippo’s collection Untitled (Commercial Form Study) is creative not only in the title, but in the content. While the photo above is easy for some to identify, it is not actually labeled as it should be. It is a blank canvas for everyone to interpret in their own way, which is exactly what the rest of the photos in the collection consist of as well. It’s an amazing concept really, because everyone already sees things differently. Sometimes it is hard for two people to see something in the same way. While the photo above may be easy for some people to identify as the Best Buy sign, others may not know that without actually seeing the text of the logo. The photo below shows some brand name products, and you can read what they are, but the untitled aspect of this photo is clearly the green overhead banner portion. For me, that is easy to identify as one of the dollar store banners, but others may not see that. 

Jane Fulton Alt’s series The Burn is a mix of light and dark. While you have the darkness of the smoldering branches as shown above, there is also the light of the vibrant flames that take over some of the other photos. And while the flames look beautiful and bright, you also have to take into consideration that they are hurting the environment around them. The smoke takes over some of the shots, leaving only a few areas untouched. It is nice to have a variety of images as well. Not all of the photos include flames, and not all of the images are 100% clear. Some of them are a little blurry, but that is okay in this case. It makes sense to have some of them be blurry because of the smoke. The colors also vary between the photos. A lot of them have a yellow or orange tint because of the flames, while others are mainly white because it is just the smoke now.