The Meeting Of Two Worlds Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Meeting Of Two Worlds
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1.492 - 2.008 (516 years of mourning)
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Particularly in Colombia, and the totality of the Latin American countries, it is celebrated the 12 of October like the day of the race. For some, the term race does not mean anything in this day, because history declares that 516 years ago a caravan of three caravels, coming from the other side of the ocean, arrived accidentally at these earth, giving like result, the discovery of a new world…

For the great totality of the indigenous communities that even survive in our America, this it is a day of mourning. So it is so the black color in many cases, predominates in his clothing, like a tragedy symbol.

I ignite the television and I observe in the news, how a group of native of an indigenous community, declare in a pacific march, which stops they have been 516 years of oppression, fights, decline to its conditions of health, work, house and of better quality of life.

¿It has been just? This immense territory has been and will be always of them, even have more right than we on these American earth.

John

rodgerg, PaulVDV, al-Farrob, dareco, parbo, adores trouve(nt) cette note utile

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benspictures (71) 2008-10-12 11:23

Hello John,

Very good lights and WB. So good scene. I like the POV. There's a lot of clouds but it seem to be sunlight! No?

Regards

lousat (15794) 2008-10-12 11:56

Hi John,very interesting event this 12 October,i think that the pic and the words are in perfect marriage to celenrate that. Beautifull point of view,colors and sharpness,thanks for your work,Luciano

PaulVDV (5308) 2008-10-12 12:56

Hello John,
Very interesting note. The meeting of two worlds too often had as result that one of both was considered inferior to the other one. I think that all over the world - in this time of migrations from everywhere to almost everywhere else - we will have to learn to live together with full respect for each others culture.
The picture is a very good representation of your note. Sharp, well detailed and excellent expressions on the faces of the statues.
Best regards, Paul

barrufeto_77 (25897) 2008-10-12 15:27

Mmmmmm...tengo mis dudas.

Tienes un plano más abierto????

Un saludo!

dareco (17104) 2008-10-12 20:40

Once again a very interesting post and informative note. Good lighting and detail. Good color and pov. TFS and have a happy week!

rodgerg (24631) 2008-10-13 1:17

Hello John,

An interesting text which supplements well the statue and the expressions of the three men.
An excellent photograph, very symbolic with a POW well selected and a framing which show well the details and the expression. The statue arise very well in the white color of the BG. A good contribution for TE.
Have a good evening and to morrow,
Roger

siamesa (13120) 2008-10-13 2:34

Olá John,
A nota é super interessante e a imagem do encontro dos dois mundos é muito significativa. Um belo trabalho do artista e do fotógrafo.
Abraços
Maria

parbo (11004) 2008-10-13 14:55

Hola John,

Incredible story and mostly its understandable only when you live in Latin America few years. I'm very curious about Indigenous life around the continent. Their cultures, lands are already destroyed and still continue.

Your fantastic view easily recognizable with well know artistic style. I like your way to focus them and adding statues to the scene at front of amazing roof textures with dark cloudy sky. Wonderful, congratulations.

Cordialmente,

Ertugrul

adores (15699) 2008-10-15 18:46

Olá John!
Gosto muito da estátua e da forma como a captaste, mostrando em detalhe as expressões deles.A luz e o céu escuro ficaram muito bem.

Charo (31677) 2008-10-16 10:11

Hola John,
Una nota muy interesante con grandes verdades para presentar esta imagen tan expresiva y con unos personajes claves en toda esta historia.
Buen trabajo amigo.
Un abrazo,
Charo

jmdias (19649) 2009-06-12 18:09

john

interesante esta foto, la esculptura es tambien muy interesante por su tema, el desespero de lo selvage contra el orgulloso español. muy buena la luz y los colores, el punto de vista es muy bueno tambiém.
el dia 12 de octubre en Brasil es celebrado como el dia de la santa patrona de nuestro país, nuestra señora de aparecida, no hay nenguna ligacion con la data en los otros paises de latino-américa, acá es solamente um dia dedicado a la religion católica.
de cierta forma el dia del descubrimiento de brasil és tan importante para nosotros como el descubrimento de america por colon.
no compreendo por que llamam a este dia dia de la raza: qual raza ? la blanca, la negra, la indidena, la mescla de todas las razas ? la raza latino-americana ?

saludos desde paraná

jorge

Photo Information

Copyright: John Ospina (ElAprendiz) (7370)
Genre: Lieux
Medium: Couleur
Date Taken: 2008-06-08
Categories: Oeuvres d'art
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-P73, Sony Lens/ Optical 3 x, f=6-18mm 1:2.8-5, Sony Memory Stick Pr
Exposition: f/7.1, 1/200 secondes
More Photo Info: view
Versions: version originale, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-10-12 11:17