Tuesday 28 April 2009

PHOTO 51

''The visage of being that shows itself in war is fixed in the concept of totality, which dominates Western philosophy. Individuals are reduced to being bearers of forces that command them unbeknown to themselves. The meaning of individuals (invisible outside of this totality) is derived from the totality. The unicity of each present is incessantly sacrificed to a future appealed to bring forth its objective being.''
Emmanuel Levinas

Please note that 51 is the picture of a picture, focused on a detail - by reframing.
Source: AP/Anja Niedringhaus Original picture 28/32