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At the MET on Wednesday, I worked alongside Kayla and Steve. As we walked through the exhibit, this fascinating but mysterious photo caught our attention.  It was taken by Jan Groover in 1980 and has no title.  After examining it for a few seconds, we agreed that the punctum in this photo for us was the hand belonging to the person on the left.  The hand looks to be in motion.  After discussing it for a few minutes, we decided that the hand is most likely pushing away the other hand belonging to the person located on the right.  If you look behind the hands, you will see that there is a person bending down.  It seems as if the person in the background is sad and overcome with despair.  Through our observations and discussion, we came to the conclusion that the studium of this photo is tragedy.  From the motion of the hand and the person bending down in the background, it seems as if the people in the photograph are grieving a loss.  The photo creates an aura of  melancholy through the different details and black and white contrast.  Another observation we came upon is the fact that the faces are hidden.  We found this part interesting and came upon as theory that Jan Groover intended to hide the faces in order to convey the message that the people in this photo can be anyone and that everyone will eventually go through grief in their life.  In the end, we found that this photo was both interesting and meaningful through the concepts displayed from the details.