On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:28 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is subtitled "The Crosses of Lafayette." > > I am very proud of Lafayette. I grew up there, and it is the next town over. > Some years back an ordinary citizen started erecting crosses on private > land, to symbolize the fallen US soldiers in Iraq. It's been a lot of work, > but > they have kept the count up-to-date and accurate. > > Yes, it started as, and remains, a peace thing. But over the years it has > also become a memorial with people adopting crosses for their loved ones, and > decorating them. So it now serves two purposes, which aren't really, far > apart. (If you want to read more about it there is a link on the gallery > index > page.) It covers a hill, a lot of a hill, and is directly across from the > Bart > (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station, so a lot of people have seen it. It's > rather > impressive, actually. > > I went over in the dying light yesterday and took some pictures. I've been > meaning to do it for years. > > http://www.mapphotography.com/WarNoMore/index.html > > Comments welcome. If you like any one (or several) in particular, I wouldn't > mind hearing about it. > > Marnie aka Doe :-)
A moving memorial/protest, very well captured by you. Hard to pick a fave - they're all well done. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
