human rights

“Innocence” by Megan Holkup is a derivative of “Laughing! #Gaza” by achimvoss which is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Originally downloaded on 1/30/2024 and edited with Adobe Photoshop.

“We March with Selma” . Library of Congress Licensed under CC Public Domain Mark 1

Edited with the help of Canva 🙂

“Represion Refugee Camp” by Libertinus is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Photo editor used: Photoshop

It is worth mentioning that to capture the idea behind the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1, it took a long time to just get it exactly right. There were images I took of Model MUN at the American School Foundation in Mexico City, images of barbed wire, and even an image of a young child as a refugee escaping into another border under barbed wire. The difficult issue was trying to find an that captured the MOST of what Article I was about, more than just one person. My only objection would be the use of the word brotherhood, as many of the articles and aspects of the U.N. Declaration were changed to represent all human beings, women and men.

The difficulty I found was trying to involve aspects of Contrast, Alignment, Repetition, and Proximity. Similar to the aspects of a podcast, there are several layers of editing, and this was edit after edit after edit to achieve the effect I wanted. Settling on the fonts of Montserrat Extra Bold for the text inside the textbox, as well as Canvas Sans for the Heading for Article 1 involved sifting through several fonts to achieve the desired impact of being able to see the text, represent an emotion, as well as fall into the Rule of Thirds effectively while performing the previous three actions. Additionally, working against a busy background and worrying about what would attract the viewer’s attention more all came into play. It certainly patience and many edits to perfect the result you want to attain from the public, and is one worthwhile taking your time on when representing a serious topic.