Visual Rhetoric

The No Seconds project in my opinion was very compelling. Because I am an art minor I love the strong white background because it so highly extenuates the contrasting colors. It makes the viewer see each picture, each color, and each piece of food individually. The fact that he also has the description of each convict and their crimes also helps the viewer imagine what each man was like and why he choose the food he did. Crime has always interested me so when an artist pulls both art and crime together it will always grab my attention. I just enjoy the fact that each picture is so abstract and vivid in their colors and it really shows how enthusiastic the artists was in the actual last meal of each killer.

The Last Meal Project differs immensely from the No Seconds project. This project has the picture of each convicted killer with their last meal choice drawn in front of them. In my opinion there is much more emotion in this project than the last one because you can look in the eyes of each convicted killer. There’s an emptiness and a loneliness in each killers face. And their food choice differs obviously per person. I like the way the artist also has facts about the death penalty every few slides. This stops the viewer from constantly staring in the face of killers and to have background information regarding the death penalty. I like art that includes writing and facts. It makes learning more fun in my opinion.

Both projects are similar and different in many ways. They are similar by having white backdrops which emphasizes the food in each slide more. They also have descriptions of each killer and or their crimes and ways of death. This gives a historic feel to each project. However they differ on what they are trying to emphasize on. The No Seconds shows the food more predominately and incorporates the art side more than the Last Meal Project. While the Last Meal Project emphasizes the convicted killers and facts about the death penalty. Both projects however are breath taking and very interesting.