This image features a humorous concept where a photographer claims to take pictures of women before and after he tells them that he's forklift certified. There are six portraits of three women; each woman has one photo with a neutral or subtly smiling expression and another photo where she appears to be laughing or showing a more pronounced reaction.
The setup of the before-and-after shots is typical of transformative reveal scenarios, where the change in expression is expected to illustrate a significant reaction to the information they have just been given. However, the humor arises from the fact that being forklift certified is typically a mundane or irrelevant piece of information to elicit such a dramatic response.
In the first "before" image, the woman is simply smiling at the camera, looking poised and content. However, in the corresponding "after" image, she throws her head back and laughs, suggesting a reaction of amusement or disbelief to the photographer's random revelation.
The second woman maintains a neutral face in her "before" shot, but in the "after" shot, she’s captured mid-laugh as if the photographer's statement about forklift certification has genuinely tickled her or caught her off-guard, making her lose her composed facade.
The third woman, similar to the others, is seen with a restrained smile in the first image and then giving an open-mouthed laugh in the next, as though she finds the very notion of someone using their forklift certification as a way to impress others both surprising and hilarious.
A photographer takes pictures of women before and after he tells them that he s forklift certified