American Soldier

In my opinion the most powerful image in this collection is the soldier and his mom and girlfriend walking together. It shows that he is back with the people he loves. The images work together to tell a story by showing everything that the soldier went through in his military and personal life. The captions enhance the images because it gives background information about the picture. Ian Fisher was a normal 17 year old until he got recruited into the military. He went through many weeks of training and faced many physical and mental challenges. Fisher did have some discipline problems and got moved down a rank from when he started. He served in Iraq for a year before returning and marrying his girlfriend, Devin. Most of the captions are written in present tense, describing where and when Fisher is in the photo. Most of the captions have an average of 3-4 sentences. The first sentence describes what is going on in the frame while the second gives some background information. Some captions have quotes but not all.