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[elessa]

this was posted on boing boing today. the image is by the fiance of a friend* of mine, brian mccarty. i wish i were in l.a. to give him a hug of congrats of being part of the artworks on display. awesome!





Fine art toy photographer Brian McCarty created this image for the stellar Manifest Hope: DC Gallery art exhibition that opened this weekend. Brian took the photo at the Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Brian tells me:

"People either love the shot or hate it, mostly because of the darker implications of putting Obama there. My goal was to foster discussion, especially since race is still the elephant in the room. For reasons very worthy of discussion, Obama was the only candidate NOT to visit the Lorraine..."

Manifest Hope: DC Gallery

*for my SoCal friends, brian is engaged to the mikachu

Comments

[polluxsj.livejournal.com]

When I saw this earlier this morning, my first reaction was "DAMN! That's tasteless!" which was immediately followed by my second reaction of "DAMN! That's a ballsy artist!"

It has all the hallmarks of my favorite types of art:
It tells a story
It leaves the interpretation up to the viewer
It generates conversation and thought

[elessa.livejournal.com]

have you read through the comments to the article? i think #15 Hagrid nails Brian's intention precisely.

[djkitty.livejournal.com]

Can't get to the link - blocked by work so I'll have to look it up later.

However, that's a pretty powerful image...I do like how it is open to interpretation.

Mikachu's engageded? Awwww...awesome! :)

P.S. Come visit!

[elessa.livejournal.com]

yep! he proposed to her at a spanish mission while they were travelling over the holidays. the ring is beautimus!

(http://pics.livejournal.com/elessa/pic/00021ha2/)

believe it or not i would love to come visit! i need a small dose of california. hmmm... maybe for the pub crawl?

[djkitty.livejournal.com]

Awwww....cute :)

I only met him once but he seemed like a nice guy.

Pub Crawl fun! ;)

[descendingchaos.livejournal.com]

whoa, Mika got engaged? Awesome. I think that pic is great.