I chose this image by Elad Lassry because Elad talks about how his images make you feel "nervous" and how peoples perception changes if something is "wrong" in an image. I think this image describes his work well in that respect of perception and an unnerving feeling that the viewer experiences because I feel that there is a conflict between the structure and the people sitting on it. There is a significant difference between the structure, being animated or cartoonish in a way, and the realism in the portrait of the people. Also, the way the people are sitting on the structure looks very abnormal and unnatural, which is the point in this image and his work overall. The conflict also arises in the people being three dimensional, sitting on a structure that is two dimensional, although the resulting image as a whole is two dimensional, photographs usually capture something that is real and this image is a combination of something real and something constructed. This image does not tickle my fancy as much as some of Lassry's other work but I do feel the nervousness and the perception of his photos being "wrong" that Lassry trys to portray, which I think is important when looking at his work.
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