This photo uses symmetry as one of the principals of design. The elephant is in the center of the page, and is looking straight onto the camera. The dead bushes in the background emphasizes the elephant in the center. There is also repetition in the wrinkles of the elephants face.The photo has a kind of sadness to it and makes you wonder why everything is dead. The elephant's expresses the same emotion with the look on its face.

The photo is in black and white and I think that it is extremely important in the meaning of the photo. The elephant is also alone, with dead bushes around it, this combined with the black and white makes the mood of the photo sad and mysterious.