What’s wrong with this picture?
Photograph
What’s wrong with this picture?
This photograph is an undoctored image, but it’s very hard to decipher what’s going on in it. It looks like an aerial photo of rows of terraced houses, but there’s something not right about it.
Have a look near the top left hand corner and you may realise what it is you’re looking at. You can see a line of cars there, but they are all upside down.
The photo is just a straight photo that’s being viewed upside down. The unexpected orientation of the image creates the effect of disoriention in the observer.
The photo shows the way in which the observer tries to construct a meaningful interpretation of an image that is giving confusing and ambiguous cues. The observer may be able to recognise that the image shows the walls of houses (with windows and doors) and house roofs, but these components don’t seem to marry up properly.
It’s a study in visual perception and interpretation
