David Crowley Photo Analysis : Cold War

PHOTO: http://ahersko.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/superman10mb.jpg I think the overall message presented in David Crowley’s photo is to promote peace between the United States and the Soviet Union, suggesting his opinion that the Cold War should be put to an end. The two figures in this photo are identical, suggesting that the United States and the Soviet Union are not completely different after all. Even though both sides had different ideas, David Crowley suggests with his photo that, with enough effort and reasoning, both parties would be able to come upon a conclusion that would put an end to all the conflict. By creating the two figures as both being superheroes in his photo, David Crowley suggests an idea that both the United States and the Soviet Union have some strong ideas and that there really is no need for this competition by propaganda because both sides are equally heroic.