What a good question Martin. I had in mind the bronze at
Arlington Cemetery, which, I find, is based on the photograph of the ‘second’,
but apparently still genuine, raising. I first encountered this image
many, many years ago on the well-known postage stamp, which, Mr Wik tells us,
sold 137 million copies. The parallel to my mind is the captured moment
of frozen action, with the actors intent on bending their efforts around a
single focal point.
From: martin butterfield
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Sent: Sunday, 30 January 2011 12:55 PM
To: Geoffrey Dabb
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Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] An inelegant smudge
Geoffrey
In what sense does it remind you of that famous bronze? Are you referring
to the first raising, the second raising or the controversy about whether the
photographic image was a staged shot? The wikipedia article about the
battle for Iwo Jima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
covers these possibilities.
Martin
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Geoffrey Dabb <> wrote:
Reluctant
though I am to inflict such an inelegant smudge on you, the below murky
squealing blob was snapped late afternoon (Campbell Park again, I’m
afraid) and later resolved itself, if that phrase is not too much of an exaggeration,
into no less than 4 fledgling D Firetails importuning a parent. The
frozen tableau reminds me for some reason of the well-known bronze of the
marines raising the Stars and Stripes at Iwo Jima. A breeding record
anyway.
