"Zed Nelson set out to capture the ageing process of a baby and his family, photographing them on the same day for 20 years:"
"These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.":
"Korean artist Yeondoo Jung came to the phenomenal idea to convert children’s drawings into reality. He has collected more than 1,000 children’s drawings, chose the best and turned them into real scene. We all know that children’s drawings are imaginative and creative, but the staggering fact is how much imaginative and creative have to be adults, to comprehend what was drawn by children’s hand. The world will certainly look nicer if we ask kids what to do. So the next time you’re not sure how to paint the facade of the building, which color to choose for your car,? ask the children, they will certainly have a great idea.":
oh - the 20 once a year image thing - so interesting. What strikes me most is the haircut of the mom and the changing posture of the son. The dad seems relatively unchanged.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be a whimsy with your selections above paired with a heaviness or deeper meaning. Like - it ain't all it's cracked up to be - kind of thing. Or maybe it is.
I love the last one - it seems so suited to something you would want to do/could do/ would be fulfilled by doing.
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