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This photo series is my entry in the Flickr-Raleigh Social Group's Summer Project. It won Best in Show. My theme was the patterns in our lives, and the photos were presented in a scrapbook, highlighted by text I wrote to express the theme. To get the full effect, start at photo 1 of 7 and read the text below this paragraph, which is repeated for each shot in the series. Note: I came up with the idea when I was upset over a disappointment in my own life that put me in a bad mood. I got over it, of course. :)
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These patterns confine and contrain us. It's often cruel and discouraging, because we can see the possibilities just outside of our reach. We just can't seem to get there.
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I'm not sure I want to walk through that door. It looks like something horrible could happen if I walk in. - Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA
May 12, 2015 at Amnesty International USA. Event commemorating the fifth anniversary of the imprisonment of the seven Baha’i leaders in Iran.
Featuring remarks by Mahnaz Parkand, formerly of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Tehran, Iran; Bijan Masumian, family member of an imprisoned Baha’i leader; and Monir Khanjani, family member of an imprisoned Baha’i leader. Moderated by Marjan Greenblatt, Director of the Alliance for the Rights of All Minorities (ARAM) Iran, and introduced by Adotei Akwei, Managing Director for Government Relations for Amnesty International USA.
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 25, 2014: Scenes from the Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Awards at the Waldorf Astoria on November 25, 2014 in New York, NY. The Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Awards honored journalists from around the world, including Aung Zaw, Siamak Ghaderi, Mikhail Zygar, Ferial Haffajee, and Jorge Ramos, for their commitment to press freedom. International Press Freedom Awardee Nguyen Van Hai, who was imprisoned when his award was presented in 2013, is now free and attended this year to receive his award.
(Photo by Barbara Nitke for Committee To Protect Journalists)
The view from my church window. Haiti's free but imprisoned by voodoo and superstitions. I was in a church but looking out at the non-churched land.
While humans and other birds enjoy the freedom of the park, this peahen stood droopily in a corner of her cage.
Taken in an old Prison in Jordan, The source of Light was a small hole in the wall. Regards to my Friend Hamza.