This photograph is simple good fun – and I believe it’s a great photo. It’s not planned, it’s not anything but a young man, proud of who he is, sharing with a young boy who is curious and likely has questions of his own.
I pray that neither the young man or the boy are goaded into stepping back the next time an opportunity of sharing comes up because of the far too “Intellectual” comments that a simple photograph of an innocent meeting generated.
However, this photograph is truly a triumph based on our debate.
]]>I very quickly learned to give wide berth to anyone dressed as the young guy in the leather jacket is.
I couldn’t and can’t justify ‘labelling’ the young man without cause. Wouldn’t reject him without an interview in a job situation either. But I would keep an eye out if I had to pass him on the street.
]]>“Against All Prejudices” fits this picture amazingly well. The kid isn’t focused on how different this punk is, he just wants to touch his curiously studded jacket. The innocence and simplicity of the child’s action speaks volumes of the types of relationships WE could have if only we didn’t focus on those things that make us different.
]]>Against all prejudice toward, and past admonitions about sharp things, and her possible fear of being pricked, the young child reaches out. Against all prejudices about haircuts, white or black skin, types of clothing, some viewers smile. “Against all prejudices” is perhaps about the viewer as much as the people in the picture.
]]>