Is There Not A Better Place?

It is obvious that industry and infrastructure are major assets to any economy or civilization.  They create jobs and serve some purpose or service that is needed by the general public, but there are several kinks that still need to be worked out. Take this image for example. Imagine the house has been in the family for a long time. The house owner grew up living in there and eventually inherited the property. It came at such a beautiful time in his life because he lost his job. A huge company bought the land behind his house about fifteen years ago to build what you see stands in his backyard now. He lives there on unemployment now but he can’t keep up with all of his medical bills because he lost his insurance with the job. After several months of struggling and lots of accumulated debt, he finds a job on the Internet that requires him to move a good distance. The property value on his house is so low due to the hideous scene in the image that he can’t sell it and he can’t afford to move. What a predicament! It seems like a once in a million sequence of unfortunate events, but the house market and economy are bad enough without corporations adding their ugly everywhere. I think this image is portraying that sort of message. The artist is mocking the misfortune. It makes the viewer wonder if it is a company photo or a real estate ad! The photo plays on emotions like a Tyler Perry movie: both funny and depressing. He exposes the ridiculousness of the company’s location choice and the building’s lack of visual appeal. The position the photographer took the photograph in makes the house look completely violated by the factory. It makes it look so uncomfortable, vulnerable, and insignificant in comparison.  There is no indication of pollution is this photo, but it is a topic generally associated with social disruption of companies and factories so the grass is enough to make the viewer think about the effect on the environment. The photo included the beautiful sky as well as the grass to contrast the natural attraction of nature with the hideous infrastructure.  The grass looks incredibly healthy. The factory is wasting precious land that has great soil which could be used to grow so many plants and crops that would be much more beneficial and attractive in the eyes of the photographer. There has got to be a better place to put buildings like these.