Slave by croxie

Photography • Historical • posted on Dec 19, 2006

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There's a big statue in the heart of Liverpool, hidden in a big yard and surrounded by buildings. It's powerful and at least to me it is very touching in many ways. It's 4 or 5 men sitting in different poses (one of them is in the photo above), chained to something in the middle that I can't for the life of me remember what it is...and their expression is pain and suffering. Robin told me that they are a symbol for the slaves that Britain used to have a long time ago, and that makes sense. The captivity and the pain is very obvious and while we walked around that yard and took photos I wondered in what state of mind the artist who made these was at the time. Must have been very draining. Other than digging in old archives, my doing's lately can be seen here. It's not a lot, but that suits me just fine right now. And take it easy before the holidas. Christmas doesn't necessarily have to be about expensive gifts and all that. The best things are usually what you can give without entering a store ;) Take care and be good :)

Comments (12)

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gattone_blu

5:04AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

Very very beautiful image

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phobos70

5:16AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

Beautiful shot!!!

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mark.spooner

5:17AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

Excellent, a beautiful shot!

kjpweb

6:25AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

Great image - both impressive and expressive. Hope you get better soon!!! Checked your new site (the preview) - looks good in both Firefox & IE7. Cheers

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nikolais

7:44AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

we all are sleves of our minds. fully agree with your notion of what real gifts are. they all come from above and never from the store. warmest!

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kimariehere

9:11AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

i agree that this is powerful it speaks to me and moves me as well!! ...brilliant shot and pov love it in balck and white very effective!!

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busi2ness

10:46AM | Tue, 19 December 2006

What a bold statement is made here! An image you are compelled not to walk away from without thoughts being provoked. Very effective in the mono colour.

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