Posted by amy (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 11 November 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.
Today is Remembrance Day (or Armistice Day) here in Canada. It's a day to remember those who have fought for our freedom. It really means a lot to me as my Grandfather was a liberating soldier for Auschwitz. He never talked about the war... in fact he never told anyone 'till much later in his life that he had been at Auschwitz. This is the day I take time to honor him and all those who were and are like him.
Just tell me what you think. I'm a big girl.... I won't cry for long. ;-)
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Beautiful, and so true, so many die for few to survive
11 Nov 2007 12:02am
Beautiful picture and a wonderful way to honour your grandfather and others.
11 Nov 2007 12:16am
Beautiful photo and a fitting way to remember all those who have fought, including your grandfather.
11 Nov 2007 3:11am
A moving tribute!
11 Nov 2007 8:26am
Powerful shot and a wondrful tribute to those who sacrificed so much.
11 Nov 2007 9:11am
very powerful image and reading the text is more.
11 Nov 2007 10:45am
A memory worth honouring. Fitting shot too. Hope you've recovered from yesterday's adventure. I'm purchasing AMA!
11 Nov 2007 12:53pm
Powerful image ... great bokeh
11 Nov 2007 1:35pm
Beautiful conceptual shot Amy!Very well captured.Great angle & frame!Nice composition!
11 Nov 2007 2:39pm
A beautiful tribute Amy, we should never forget!
11 Nov 2007 4:24pm
Beautiful, Amy. Simple. Beautiful. Touching.
11 Nov 2007 5:52pm
superb angle cutes--got the church in the background--nice touch--and a fitting tribute--very sincere---billy
11 Nov 2007 8:11pm
I love the picture... Perfect! I remembered too, today, those that came to liberate my country; France...
11 Nov 2007 9:29pm
Lovely photo and a well executed shot Amy!
11 Nov 2007 10:15pm
This rocks, Amy. Lovely use of sepia tone, and exquisite off-centre composition to give the subject matter that hint of negativity and/or uncertainty. It's a rather moving series of words you've penned as well. :) I agree with you wholeheartedly about respecting those who fought for our rights. At the same time, I wish the evolutionary process of our species would speed up a fraction; being alive while no war is being fought is something I'd like mankind to aspire to...And who knows how many years I have left before this wish becomes merely an unfulfilled dream? :(
A stunning and poignant image.
11 Nov 2007 10:26pm
@Bender Bending Rodriguez: I'm being optimistic here Sash when I say I doubt we will ever live in a world without war. There's too many who think their way is the only way and will never evolve to acceptance of other's ideas and ways. They can't even make the leap to acceptance; they don't understand that acceptance doesn't mean capitulation of their own ideals and beliefs. If we haven't gotten it right after how many millenium? how can we expect it to happen even in our lifetime. Although it's profound and simple in its statement, John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" will always be a sandcastle in the sky.
I adore the blur job
12 Nov 2007 4:32am
Perfect, Amy. The best Remberance Day shot I've seen.
12 Nov 2007 9:31pm
Incredible shot and angle
12 Nov 2007 9:36pm
Thanks for this picture! I saw on TV a German old man who was urged to see what catastrophe the Nazi's had brought about inside tha camp, he said he had always remembered the words of a prisoner who came to comfort him while he was crying: "Tears are not enough my friend". This is what many Germans during the decades were conscious of and it's a great burden that they sould be forgiven. It could happen to many people trapped in fear, that's how the psyche works.
16 Nov 2007 9:30am
@Illuci: Wow! Illuci, that is such a profound story. Thank you so much for sharing that.
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