Questions: Gottfried Helnwein

1. What do you think is going on here?
• I think that a man is climbing a wall with a painting of a woman on it.
2. Is it an artistic image or a documentary image (or both)?
• I believe it is an artistic image.
3. What do you think the meaning is?
• I believe the meaning is that there a small things about our appearance and life that stay with us until we fix them.
4. What do you think the photographer's intent is?
• The photographer's intent is to convey stereotypes about beauty. The artist is climbing on her face to eliminate her flaws and imperfections.
5. What does the image say to you?
• The image says that you should not let people walk on you because of imperfections and flaws.
6. How does the difference in scale between the man and the woman's face add to your interpretation of the image?
• The difference in scale made me believe that the girl's face was a painting.