Arriving early to the International Center of Photography, I strolled by many works of art. There were a couple of pieces that caught my eye before entering John Wood's exhibit. The pieces had a theme of evil vs. good, dark vs. light, red and black vs. white and naturally God vs. the devil. The photos were nicely color coordinated and strongly characterized between the sins of the world, represented with red and black colors, and the good of the world, represented by light beige and white colors. It presented to the viewer's eyes, me, a theme of temptation of the immoral world. Money, adultery, selfishness and so forth were all symbolizing the sin of man and woman alike.

            As we moved in the John Wood’s exhibit, one specific photo was rather significant and innovative to me. The photo was about the Mai Lai Massacre, which occurred on March 16, 1968. Although using the photos of real dead bodies seems inhumane, John Wood wanted to show the world what was really happening in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He wanted to show the world and express it through his type of art, which it initially does. The pictures’ order was perfectly placed from blurry images to clear images for the viewer to see. This type of positioning refers back to the Vietnam War at the time because many people did not know what was truly happening there, hence, the blurry images in the beginning. Thus, as the media reported more incidents and so forth, John Wood’s photos of Mai Lai Massacre became clearer for the viewer to see all.  Overall, the whole International Center of Photography was interesting in the ways of portraying different aspects in a extremely appealing manner.