Blood and Bondage
Apparently, June 19th, (known as Juneteenth) is the day that slavery was finally ended in the USA when the last slaves were freed in Texas at the very end of the civil war. I recently bought these keys in a flea market, had a blood red ribbon and a rusty texture shot in Bristol Harbour - and had this 19th century British history book with a whole section (of questionable academic accuracy) on the American Civil War. Thought it was timely to put them together in this 'symbolic' flatlay still life. It won't be everyone's cup of tea...but anything to celebrate the end of slavery and oppression has to be ok with me. Now I won't be happy until we can celebrate the liberation of Ukraine...
Blood and Bondage
Apparently, June 19th, (known as Juneteenth) is the day that slavery was finally ended in the USA when the last slaves were freed in Texas at the very end of the civil war. I recently bought these keys in a flea market, had a blood red ribbon and a rusty texture shot in Bristol Harbour - and had this 19th century British history book with a whole section (of questionable academic accuracy) on the American Civil War. Thought it was timely to put them together in this 'symbolic' flatlay still life. It won't be everyone's cup of tea...but anything to celebrate the end of slavery and oppression has to be ok with me. Now I won't be happy until we can celebrate the liberation of Ukraine...