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Illo-Friday-Reflection

August 21st, 2005 | Category: Illustration Friday

I know this isn’t an illustration per se, but I thought this photograph might be timely and better suited to the topic than anything I could come up with. I made this picture during an assignment to photograph the traveling Viet Nam Memorial. A group of Navy vets happened to pause to look up the name of one of their relatives who died in the war.

8 Comments so far

  1. Vneath August 21st, 2005 2:23 pm

    What programs did you use to create this illusion?

  2. Anonymous August 21st, 2005 3:14 pm

    Very serious reflection James :(

  3. rowan-tree August 21st, 2005 3:39 pm

    Reflection into reflection, good concept !!

  4. joleen August 21st, 2005 5:54 pm

    way to achieve both the literal and idea of “reflection”! great photograph. :)

  5. James August 22nd, 2005 1:33 pm

    This is pretty much an unedited photograph. What you see is what I saw.

  6. James August 22nd, 2005 1:35 pm

    Yeah well…sometimes the timing is such that I’ve just heard or read about yet another senseless, tragic piece of war-related news and it gets me thinkin’.

  7. Mick Mather August 22nd, 2005 4:37 pm

    I really like this photograph. I, too, am a Vietnam Era sailor…so, this has a particular, bittersweet significance for me.

  8. catnapping October 11th, 2005 11:55 am

    bravo.

    bravo.

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