about context and explanations
Sometimes it is necessary to add a text in order to understand
the context of a picture. This is however one of the mysteries
about photography - often you are better off without explanations.
This picture needs a text though.
As an experiment I will not submit the text that goes with the
picture at once - in order to give you a chance to share your
feelings about it.
-urbano
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Well, this is a quite well known picture at least to some of us.
I can´t help thinking about the photographer. What made him
or her point the camera in that direction away from the scene
in the street? Was it a deliberate choice? A brave photographer
by all means. There is no information to find other than the text:
"A Frenchman weeps as German soldiers march into the French
capital, Paris, on June 14, 1940, after the Allied armies had been
driven back across France."
Found at National Archives
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4 comments:
I am perhaps not good for this game of interpreting, for I remember this picture and the circumstances. Just say: France, 1940 :)
forgot to add: I remember this picture because it really catch my heart. This is one of THOSE pictures...
Ditto Marcin. Bourke-White and Miller took some similar pictures when the war was over. Those pictures have the same strong emotional impact, IMO.
A very strong picture in itself. I agree with you, the picture changed character once the explanation appeared.
I guess the emotions in the photo speaks loudly, and that carries the photo without the explanation.
Maybe.
-C
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