Phil Magakoe/AFP/Getty Images10. Ballet Student, Tembisa, South Africa
The photos of two 5-year-old ballet students, Firasandenkobo and Yamirguwababa, who posed in July outside the Dance Academy in Temisa, South Africa, were powerful and moving. The harsh contrast between the dry ground, chiseled shadows, and delicate dresses reminds us of the strict aesthetic angle of Countless scenes of the dancers in the rehearsal. Keeping an eye on the gravity of ballerina gestures, Dega often abstracted dance studios into blank colored swass, investing paintings in a timeless dimension, like photographs from outside Johannesburg.
Getty Images11. The hungry child, Gaza city
A devastating sequence of images of a weakened child who hugged the arms of a mother in Gaza city in July shocked the world. According to Unsecured expertsHungry’s “worst scenario” is currently being unfolded in Gaza. There are countless images from Dutch artists in the art history of mothers comforting their child in pain. Gabriel Metu’s “Chic Child,” 1665a painting of Pablo Picasso’s pastels and charcoals, and photographs taken in Gaza in 1903 are photographs that do not resemble paintings or sculptures. No matter what artist or respected, any artist or respected, the visual invention of suffering and pity cannot adequately encapsulate the scale of immeasurable anguish recorded in these recent photographs.
Thanassis stavrakis/ap12: Rescue of the Sheep, Patras, Greece
Against the background of wool smoke from the wildfire that struck Patras in August, a man on a motorcycle is seen rescued a sheep clinging to him for his dear life. The gesture reminds me of the early depictions of a good shepherd Roman catacombos of the 2nd and 3rd centurywhere Christ shoulders vulnerable animals. Over age, repetitive motifs reinforce the enduring mythical nature of heroism, whether preserved in frescoes or captured in photographs.
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