A Symbolic Image on the Eve of the Election in America
On the day of the Super Tuesday Primaries in February, I posted a different version of this shot, taken at the Telfair Museum in Savannah. I was intrigued by the image and felt that it said something on a symbolic level, but I was not sure what. I had just joined Flickr at the time, and only a handful of people saw this, but I was struck by the following perceptive comment from a contact in California:
“This is an intriguing image that I think is open to a number of interpretations. I am assuming that the little seated dolls/statues are part of an art installation, and this mom and kids are visiting....
I'm trying to avoid the cynical and pretty obvious, and unfortunately real-life, interpretation of the many babies of color are at the bottom of the stair, and the Caucasian babies are in smaller numbers at the "top of the heap"....
Instead, given that this is super Tuesday, I'll try to read into this my hope that we can all join together "in the family of man" to bring this country together and move into the future with more unity (while retaining the diversity that makes us strong) and more strength of purpose to improve the world....”
What do you think?
A Symbolic Image on the Eve of the Election in America
On the day of the Super Tuesday Primaries in February, I posted a different version of this shot, taken at the Telfair Museum in Savannah. I was intrigued by the image and felt that it said something on a symbolic level, but I was not sure what. I had just joined Flickr at the time, and only a handful of people saw this, but I was struck by the following perceptive comment from a contact in California:
“This is an intriguing image that I think is open to a number of interpretations. I am assuming that the little seated dolls/statues are part of an art installation, and this mom and kids are visiting....
I'm trying to avoid the cynical and pretty obvious, and unfortunately real-life, interpretation of the many babies of color are at the bottom of the stair, and the Caucasian babies are in smaller numbers at the "top of the heap"....
Instead, given that this is super Tuesday, I'll try to read into this my hope that we can all join together "in the family of man" to bring this country together and move into the future with more unity (while retaining the diversity that makes us strong) and more strength of purpose to improve the world....”
What do you think?