Somalian Pieta
(Aug 3, 2011) L.A. Times' front-page photograph, by Barbara Davidson, is a stunning, heart-rending work of pure art.
A Somalian mother in a Kenyan camp holds her small child and looks at him with such pity, fear and fragile hope. This is Michelangelo's Pieta in our time. This is an archetype and leaps from the page to our hearts.
The previous day's New York Times gave us a shocking picture of a starving child. It conveyed pity without hope. Both pictures create emotions but the NYTimes shocks and makes one want to avert the eyes, while the no less tragic LATimes picture, with its classical composition, draws us in--in to the picture and in to the harsh reality.
It gives us a reason to go beyond feeling and act, extend our hands along with our hearts and give flesh to our compassion.
LATimes pulled the link to the pic.
See small version on LA Observed:
http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/08/catching_up_media_notes.php
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