I'm not a bold person much of the time, but it has been niggling me of late that this statue sits in the middle of a busy roundabout by Bedford bus station, mostly obscured by lavender bushes. So, today, as I walked by this site, I strode boldly right across the roundabout to the middle of the island and pushed myself through the bee laden lavender bushes to take a closer look (whilst hoping that none of my work colleagues happened to be passing by and watching my antics).
There is no way the whole sculpture can be portrayed in a meaningful way with its current positioning. So I captured small portions from which I hope you will gather that it is a work provoking much thought about emigration, and venturing into the unknown . I couldn't help wondering what might be going through the minds of the small children as they were led by hand towards a tomorrow about which they knew nothing.
This weeks 52-week challenge is a wild card - which means you can do what you like as long as you document your intention. I decided to have another go at one or two of the challenges which I felt I had given an unsatisfactory response to. This one is from week 28 - the left to right rule. Compose an image in the way we read; most countries read from left to right. Compose your shot to follow this direction. I deliberately set out to get a shot of the statue that would read from left to right.
Sometimes photographing the pieces actually produces a more thoughtful photo than capturing the entire subject. This statue certainly can handle the scrutiny. Good shot!
I am pleased you were only able to partially photograph this statue because the image you have captured is really thought provoking.
Thanks for the link, so interesting.
this says a lot and could be about a number of things. such a thought provoking pov. you were so brave crossing a roundabout. when I used to live in muscat, sultanate of oman, i did that once and a policeman promptly escorted me away from it. there was no law preventing the good citizens to go into the roundabout's island but he said it is not safe most of the time. he was going to give me a ticket for jaywalking but when he saw my ministry of petroleum issued ID which i took from my purse which was in my saab, he was thoroughly impressed he apologized instead. what was i doing in the middle of the roundabout? i just wanted to read the plaque and watch the traffic from that vantage point. i am a little weird sometimes.
@summerfield I have been walking past for days wanting to cross the roundabout but not daring to. Suddenly, yesterday, I became indignant about the statue being obscured and kind of went to look at it as a sort of act of defiance. Strange that. Perhaps I'm weird too.
Thanks for the link, so interesting.