Symbolism is one of the best ways to promote ideas in your photography, but there is a fine line between a creative idea and something that come across as a cliché. Looking at the words below I had to come up with an idea for more than one symbol for each to show different creative ideas:
Growth: Plants and different stages of development such as the seed, saplings and flowers in full bloom. Babies, eggs or any type of young or juvenile adult could also symbolise growth.
Excess: A money jar overflowing with coins, or a board showing the growing profits of a company on a chart.
Crime: A shot of a man in a balaclava would make a strong image. Guns or other weapons and drugs would symbolise crime very clearly.
Silence: A library is always a quiet place, or someone with tape over there mouth would show silence.
Poverty: A beggar on the street is a very strong symbol of poverty, with outstretched hands would make it more meaningful. Something that is torn or broken may also show poverty and the inability to afford new things.
I also took a photograph that although may appear cliché, i thought was a slightly more interesting take on the idea of love:
I used a lamp behind the ring to create a love heart shadow on the pages, and a large aperture to focus only on the area of the dictionary where the word love appears.
Hearts a very definitive symbol of love, as are wedding rings so although it may seem a clichéd image, the way it has been taken it slightly different with the abstract shadow and the words included. It was an idea I took from one of the photography magazines I have been reading.
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