tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post254248189838121042..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: What We Bringamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-84667238175468842402022-09-01T01:02:28.139-07:002022-09-01T01:02:28.139-07:00Re-purposng a prison to house people escaping from...Re-purposng a prison to house people escaping from paces where they cold be shot, bombed or stp on a land mine, and hwere finding enough food has become a serious problem is a good thing. It allows significant numbers of poep;le to esxcape to a land where they are physiclly secure, sheltered and fed, and have time and space to build new live. It would take much longer to build special accomodation for them. It is a lot better than being marooned in a tent in a refugee campe somewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-28060019698191158342016-05-29T12:14:18.763-07:002016-05-29T12:14:18.763-07:00To me, this shows the brain damage we display when...To me, this shows the brain damage we display when we say that we know what a picture means. A picture does, and should, mean different things to different people, even those who share the same cultural reference. I've seen siblings grow up to be very different people, because they were treated differently by their parents (first born-more discipline and responsiblities and grumpiness from parents, sickly child-more latitude and fear, etc). Our visual journey is unique to us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-53368542014909959672016-05-24T13:10:24.610-07:002016-05-24T13:10:24.610-07:00Hard to decide where the truth is here - and I do ...Hard to decide where the truth is here - and I do support your notion that from the looks it does not have to be "prison" - but the difference is the steel door: open or closed.<br /><br />The number of refugees in Europe was overwhelming, and the solutions found to shelter them neither were not are equally good. It remains to be seen if an air inflated tent with a limited number of showers and toilets (like we have them in Germany) is better suited or worse than an prison building.<br /><br />Re. the images: certainly the context makes it. But even in the first image you could - just by changing the vantage point and the angle of view - create different settings: from being imprisoned to being protected, and your perspective might vary from your situation. After 3 years under varying threats from trafficker of all kind, your position could very well be different from that of a European photographer.Markushttp://markus-spring.infonoreply@blogger.com