A Story of Parallel Time
My montage today was inspired by the art of Rene Shute, but all elements are my own photographs. It features a beautiful old clock you can see in downtown Vallejo on Georgia Street, which people call “The Alibi Clock”.
Back in 1916 there was a pipe bomb explosion in San Francisco that killed 10 people. Labor leaders Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings were arrested. During their trial, one of the key pieces of evidence pointing towards Mooney’s innocence was a photograph of him with a large public clock in the background. Although the clock was not in Vallejo at the time, neither was it anywhere near the explosion. In spite of that, Mooney was convicted and sentenced to hang – apparently in an incident proving Erwin Schrödinger’s theory of superposition, with Mr. Mooney being in two places at the same time.
Fortunately, the “Alibi Clock” piece of evidence enabled a reassessment of the case some years later, and a pardon was granted.
For the “We’re Here!” group, today visiting Quantum Physics
Q is for “quantum physics” at February’s Alphabet Fun:2017 Edition.
Submitted: Challenge 51.0 Urban Colour and Light at Shock of the New!!.
All photograph elements are my own.
A Story of Parallel Time
My montage today was inspired by the art of Rene Shute, but all elements are my own photographs. It features a beautiful old clock you can see in downtown Vallejo on Georgia Street, which people call “The Alibi Clock”.
Back in 1916 there was a pipe bomb explosion in San Francisco that killed 10 people. Labor leaders Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings were arrested. During their trial, one of the key pieces of evidence pointing towards Mooney’s innocence was a photograph of him with a large public clock in the background. Although the clock was not in Vallejo at the time, neither was it anywhere near the explosion. In spite of that, Mooney was convicted and sentenced to hang – apparently in an incident proving Erwin Schrödinger’s theory of superposition, with Mr. Mooney being in two places at the same time.
Fortunately, the “Alibi Clock” piece of evidence enabled a reassessment of the case some years later, and a pardon was granted.
For the “We’re Here!” group, today visiting Quantum Physics
Q is for “quantum physics” at February’s Alphabet Fun:2017 Edition.
Submitted: Challenge 51.0 Urban Colour and Light at Shock of the New!!.
All photograph elements are my own.