Inventing An Argument

1. The photos are trying to convey the message that the war is sad. I'll admit, the camera angle, position, lighting, etc can all influence the photo in many ways. The angle of the camer can focus the viewers attention on a certain subject or certain person, like it does in the photos in the textbook and on the website. The viewer's attention is on the casket, or the crying widow, or the solemn soldier, etc. However, no matter what the focus is set on, the mood of a photo depicting any aspect of war is always going to be depressing, in my opinion.

2.
-The Iraq war is depressing
- The Iraq war is impacting everyone, even those who are not soldiers or directly participating in the war

3.
((I chose the photo of the woman, the weeping widow, who is pregnant and standing over her husband's casket))
"A pregnant widow grieves at the shocking and depressing reality in front of her."

I tried to make this a caption that would elicit emotion, because you want a caption to emphasize what the photo is conveying, what the subjects in the photo are feeling at that exact moment in time, that exact moment in their lives. In this particular case, it is the emotions of denial, shock, and, especially, grief.