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I saw a photograph of Cub Scouts burning an American flag at a fire station a short while back. They burn the flag, out of respect, when they want to "decommission" it. Though I remembered hearing that flags are burned rather than allowed to touch the ground, the only time I had seen a burning flag was at a protest. It got me thinking about the different intentions around burning a flag and that the mere act of burning a flag is not in and of itself an act of protest.
Many veterans hate it when the flag is burned in protest because they feel that it symbolically destroys everything that they fought for, freedoms they fought to keep for their children and freedoms their fathers fought to keep for them. Others feel that being allowed to burn the flag exemplifies their right to freedom of expression, while others burn flags because they feel the US has turned its back on the freedoms the forefathers envisioned. Whatever the case may be, there are multiple facets to a seemingly singular act.
I wanted to try to capture that complexity in an image. Posterity and history, war and freedom, respect and disdain are important themes when we talk about flag burning. With those themes in mind, I wanted to create an image that could be interpreted in numerous ways. Did I succeed in that? How do you interpret the image? As this is my first composite image, ever, is the image itself technically satisfactory?
Creative Commons Note: This is a composite of other people's photos. I did not take any of these photographs. All the images were licensed as CC Attribution 2.0 permitting derivatives and commercial use, except for one, which permits derivatives but not commercial use. None of the licenses require Share-Alike. The authors are ottoman42, robson2313, katia BR, Jan Tik, Stitch and WenDee.
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Abandoned town, about ten miles from Sisimiut (since the 1950s). Even here, they keep the flag flying.
Jules Photo Challenge Group
June 2013
June 14-Flag Day! Let's see some flags! (Does not have to be a National flag, can be any flag!)
I always fly my Star Spangle Banner but on special occasions, I unfold and allow a couple of others to shine in the light of day. One that I fly quite a bit is my POW-MIA in flag. Though I have never served this country in the Military, my family has, I am from a very proud and loyal military family and I am a proud American. My oldest brother served in the Marines in Vietnam and he lost several friends there. One was MIA. It hurts to now that we have men and women still missing and being held prisoner. That upsets me and saddens me and really makes me mad. That is why I fly this flag, till every one is returned home. That is the flag flying on my balcony today.
A tattered American flag flies on a foggy day in Dorchester County, Maryland. Photographed in the Toddville area.
These flags fly proudly at one of KY's rest stops. A famous man once said " It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." That man was George Washington.
Flags Waving above the Monitronics company headquarters in Farmers Branch (Dallas), Texas.
Flags
Grissom Air Museum
Yes, it WAS windy! At the top of the tower the sustained winds were probably in the 30-40 mph range while gusts were topping 50 mph. It was one heck of a view and well worth the ffort, but I had to go inside the tower to change lenses, and I took off my hat and attached it to my bag strap to keep it from returning to Ohio before me.
Grunge textured flag of Curacao on vintage paper
EDIT 4/22/2013: This grunge flag is now released under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to the same free image from my website, www.freestock.ca
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
A Bangladeshi flag flutters in the wind at the Baishaki mela, Weavers field, Bethnal Green, East London.
Flying outside the City of Perth Council Officers during the Royal De Luxe The Giants to the Streets of Perth - Perth Festival February 2015 visit.
Greek flag flying from the stern of an island ferry boat. © Patricia Fenn. All Rights Reserved. No usage allowed including copying or sharing without written permission.
Grunge textured flag of Jordan on vintage paper
EDIT 4/22/2013: This grunge flag is now released under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to the same free image from my website, www.freestock.ca
Not being able to paint my room under the tennancy I took a different approach to add some colour. Should make a great photo backdrop too :0)
Grunge textured flag of the Comoros on vintage paper
EDIT 4/22/2013: This grunge flag is now released under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to the same free image from my website, www.freestock.ca
Icons carry so much baggage. Just pushing the shutter button made me feel like I was making a political statement, one that I didn't fully comprehend. But it's just a bit of cloth, isn't it?
Russians appeared to be one of the most 'flag-proud' people we have come across on our travels so far. That probably shouldn't come as a big surprise, but it somehow always amazes me how a couple of coloured bands of fabric can instil such strong emotions in human beings. But then again, that's probably why I do research on collective identities (see www.imagining.eu).