Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Orissa Christians





Another great photograph form The Times (Bishwaranjan/AP)

I hope it is not insulting to the photographer (or to photography) to say that it could be a painting

You imagine you can see the brush strokes of an Old Master in its composition & subject

Or a modern abstract in its rectangular blocks of colour

And like so many great paintings, it tells of tragedy. In this case, religious conflict in Orissa

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