Freedom By Force: The Great American Paradox. Black and White 35mm Photo. 2009.
The Artful Readers Club for March
The Walking Dead Compendium One by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard { and some other folks} Charlie Adlard recently admitted in an interview that he often makes up his characters on the page. A fact which can cause any serious character designer to bow in admiration. As you can see the likeness of the graphic novel with the AMC show is very close. Tweet Review: A long, arduous display of how a few people can entertain the masses. Since I am reading and watching The Walking Dead simultaneously, I am constantly comparing the two. Fans of the television series will be pleased to know that the graphic novel is just as interesting, if not more so. The details are very different in the first 48 issues of the graphic novel, for example, Carl is a lot younger and has a playmate Sophie..whose fate in the television series is quite astonishing. There are endless differences, but the overall storyline remains consistent in both versions which is; what happens to people during a...
It's a really good title for the piece I thought.
ReplyDeleteFreedom by Force. I like the alliteration and the paradoxical nature of it.
The flag trapped in the barbed wire is a kind of reflection on the coercion implied in the words. I think the force is also reflected in the great surging energy of those trees. The flag is beset on all sides by dark looming shapes and oppression, yet still stands valiantly, all by itself.
I think it is quite a patriotic image - but realistic patriotism. And by no means pessimistic.
The fact that the newspaper is involved somewhere in the story tells me that this is a photograph about freedom of expression...