Taken is 2015, while driving south along the Pacific Coastal highway from San Francisco to Los Angeles, we made a stop in Santa Monica and while I was about to walk onto the pier, saw this incredible scene to my right and grabbed this shot.
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9th February 2018, 01:44 AM #1
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Arlington West, Santa Monica, California
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9th February 2018, 03:38 PM #2
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Re: Arlington West, Santa Monica, California
IMO, this is an impactful image... Even though I know that there are no men buried beneath the markers.
BTW: I of course recognize the crosses signifying a Christian, the Crescent signifying a Muslim, and the Star of David signifying a Jewish veteran but, I am cannot recognize the other emblems along the first row. (#3 to #12 from image left).Last edited by rpcrowe; 9th February 2018 at 03:57 PM.
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9th February 2018, 04:53 PM #3
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Re: Arlington West, Santa Monica, California
Richard,
Originally Posted by rpcrowe
They appear to be profiles of helmets with an insignia or message on them. Unfortunately, because I didn't take any close-up shots but only two with a wide lens to get the entire field, I'm unable to make out exactly what is on the helmets.
Perhaps there is more information to be gleaned here:
http://arlingtonwestsantamonica.org/
Robert
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11th February 2018, 03:38 PM #4
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Re: Arlington West, Santa Monica, California
A powerful image, and very well captured. Have you thought about B&W? the image is mostly about lines, and removing the color might enhance that. I tried a quick edit, just doing a default B*W conversion and increasing contrast substantially, and it seemed more powerful to me. It's a bit like Edward Weston's iconic image of a tomato field, but with more emotional content.
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11th February 2018, 07:54 PM #5
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Re: Arlington West, Santa Monica, California
The frolicking beach goers at the upper portion of the image add to that image somehow. BTW, I was recently recruited to join Veteran's for Peace, the sponsors of Arlington West but, respectfully declined...
I looked up the emblems of belief allowed on federal headstones are was rather surprised at the variety
https://www.cem.va.gov/docs/emblems.pdf
I have only noticed Christian Crosses, Jewish Stars of David and Muslim Crescents. However, there are many more. There is even a symbol for Aethiest allowed
which is only right because a person should not be laid to rest under a symbol that doesn't represent his or her beliefs...Last edited by rpcrowe; 11th February 2018 at 08:13 PM.
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