Occupy Art Photo: Visual Analysis

With the photo presented, the first thing that caught my attention was the middle class man who seems to be alone, lost, and hopeless.  Compared to the buffalo, the man is far away in terms of distance. He is identifiable as being a middle class man by the words "middle class" printed on his torso.  The words on his torso are important, because if the words were not there, one would assume he is just an overweight male in the middle of the field, possibly looking for buffaloes to hunt and eat; or he has dementia.  On another note, the caption above the adult buffalo's head represents the point of the visual clearly, but is not mandatory to get the point across.  Compared to the smaller buffalo's eyes, the adult buffalo has weary, tired eyes; which can imply it is knowledgeable and had experienced an era in which the middle class race was high in population.  Due to the style of the visual being colorful and cartoonish, a sensitive and serious subject transforms into a more comical and simple representation of the current struggle for the middle class man.  As mentioned, the distance of the buffalo and the man are relatively different.  Due to the man being farther away, it appears that the buffaloes, though they are an endangered species, are less scarce than the middle class population who are very low in population and are close to what may be extinction.  Altogether, the argument that is being made, is that the middle class population is becoming a dying race, and they will eventually be low enough in quantity to the point that they are more "endangered" than the aforementioned animal.  Also, it is seen in nature, as opposed to being in society; meaning that there is really no use for them at the time of the visual due to advances in technology and a decline in jobs or careers for middle class citizens.  Though it seems that the image is comical and not serious, one can identify that it is a striking visual; because it thoroughly explains in a subtle manner how the future of the middle class man may be in a more exagerrated form.