PhotoJ - American Soldier Slide Show and Captions (Review)

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/10/ian-fisher-american-soldier/482/

1. 1. The Pictures:
1. A: For me picture #47 is the most powerful picture, because it shows so much emotions between Ian and his best friends, even it is really simple.
2. B: Locations:
1. 1. At home in Denver: #1 - #7
2. 2. At basic Training: #8 - #48
3. 3. In Iraq: #49 - #70
4. 4. Back in Denver: #71 - #82
3. C: I think the pictures work together as a story first of all because of their captions and because the show little steps which are important and there is not so much time between the pictures so that you miss almost nothing of Ian's story.
2. 2. The Captions:
1. A: In the pictures where Ian is the main subject almost all of the verbs are written in present tense.
2. B: The captions show you exactly what is going on and what Ian is doing at the moment. 
3. 3.

Image #48: Ian and his father are walking along the isle in the grocery store for the last time before he will go to the basic camp the upcoming 3 months. After graduation in May 2007, Ian decided to join the army and serve for his country. 

Image #65: While Ian is waiting for an important call from his mother, he is taking a nap because the basic training and living as an soldier is really exhausting for a young grown-up. This picture was taken in the first 2 weeks after he arrived at the basic camp in November 2007 to start his journey as an army soldier.

Image #77: Ian just arrives from the Iraq and walks to meet all of his friends and family after six months of serving there. After the three months of basic training Ian decided in February 2008 to continue serve his country so that he went to Iraq to fight and luckily arrived safely back home after six months.