Blost Post 1: From the Archive

 

The photograph Uptown Parade, taken in Lake Street, USA (1997-2000), is a part of the album titled From the Archive.  Immediately the audience is drawn to the focal point of Wing Young Huie's  photograph, which happens to show a man of Asian descent, surrounded by men of apparent American descent.  The reader's eye moves directly towards the center of the picture, and shows that the Asian mad is standing in a line looking very confident about himself and perhaps of his origin.  He looks like he is doing his best to fit in with the society that he may not have been a part of from the beginning, and the picture shows an aspect of art being that he put the smallest man directly in the middle. 
In looking into a deep analysis of the colorless photograph, the audience can notice the differences between races and ethnicities.  In choosing the black and white filter for the picture itself, it shows how Huie may have wanted to get the race point across to his viewers.  The Asian man represents everyone that could be struggling to be accepted in this difficult society.  This can connect to Atwood's book, The Handmaid's Tale, because the main character, Offred, allows the readers to follow along in her horrific, senseless journey of trying to do her best to fit in a society where she may not be wanted completely.  The whole book is written with a hazy layer that is placed on top of a black and white story, where Offred trudges along being passed around in her society.  Throughout the book, there are numerous chapters that steer away from the main story and talk about how Offred wills herself to be strong and to go on the society for the future generations.  In the photograph by Huie, the Asian man stands tall for his future generations, just as Offred must stand tall for the hopeful future generations to come as well.