Reflections on Zoe's work

Other people think that Zoe’s artwork is moving and different from other photographers. Also, other people thought that Zoe’s work was honest and raw. They think it is honest because it tells the story of the subjects’ lives. It is moving because the photos are emotional – they almost bring some people to tears. Zoe’s partner, Lynn, said that she really admired Zoe’s work because of its honesty. Jack, a young fan of Zoe’s work, said he liked Zoe’s work (the skeleton man photo especially) because it was weird and different.

The effect of Zoe’s artwork on other people is that it makes some people very emotional because it touches them in a way that they cannot describe. Some people think the photos are disturbing because some of the images that they show when they depict parts of life that aren’t pleasing – for example, drug use (one photo has a picture of a woman with a pipe) and also there was a picture of a person’s hand with part of his pinky cut off which leads people to wonder what happened.

Zoe’s artwork speaks to me in a way because I can understand the parts where people have pipes in their hands because I see drug use out there. I also think that her work is raw and it makes me think because I wonder about the lives of the subjects. I think about how they live every day. Her photos tell a story but you still want to know more. I wonder what the names of the subjects are, where they live and how they live.

Zoe’s artwork is about life in general and her life. It tells the stories about the lives of the people in the photos. There are also important themes in her work, such as desire, desperation and loneliness.

Three new things that I learned about Zoe’s artwork are:
We learned about how Zoe chooses what photos to take – she sees something there that others may not see. We also learned the background stories to some of her photographs.
For example, when she laid the photos out in her neighborhood, she chose the one that he mom liked (the photo had a picture of a building with “Mom we’re ok” written on it).