This photograph carries so much weight. In the glances of the boys, the carrying of the net, the boulders and the walls of the castle and its colonialist, slave trade history. The stark, glaring whiteness of the castle walls mirror and amplify this. Perhaps I see this in part because I read Yaa Gyasi's novel 'Homegoing', in which the castle and its history figure prominently, devastatingly and poignantly. It is a powerful photograph.
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This photograph carries so much weight. In the glances of the boys, the carrying of the net, the boulders and the walls of the castle and its colonialist, slave trade history. The stark, glaring whiteness of the castle walls mirror and amplify this. Perhaps I see this in part because I read Yaa Gyasi's novel 'Homegoing', in which the castle and its history figure prominently, devastatingly and poignantly. It is a powerful photograph.
Thanks for reading, Ed. And for your astute comment.