Sunday 7 June 2015

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind"........

 
Flicking through a book of photographs taken during the WWII, I came across a small black and white photo of this young Russian soldier. I was so captivated by it that I felt the need to try to capture it by doing my own impression of the photo, using paints.
 
What does defeat look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does despair look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does pain look like?
 It looks like this.
 
What does loss of innocence look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does hunger look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does hopelessness look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does helplessness look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does seeing too much to endure look like?
It looks like this.
 
What does the ravages of war look like?
It looks like this.
 
 
"In war, truth is the first casualty." (Aeschylus)
In truth, war always means casualties.
 
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind." (John F. Kennedy)
 

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