Sunday, November 30, 2008

pictures/words/worth

I am particularly attracted to photographic imagery because of the concept addressed by this article.


"This heartbreaking picture, shot by Platon for a photo essay published by The New Yorker, shows the grieving mother of a Muslim American soldier who died in Iraq. It is not exactly a political photograph, nor did it make news when it was published, but it spoke in an understated way about the diverse makeup of America. When Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Obama, he said, “I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine." It was this photo."

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