Comments on: A Picture is worth a thousand words

A Picture is worth a thousand words

Blake — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:24:13 -0800

A Picture is worth a thousand words
Jonathan Jones says America turns to Rockwell's idyllic images in times of trouble.
Remember This Guy from Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989? A powerful image that seems to be linked to bravery and freedom in most stories I remember.
Now what about This Guy, A Palestinian boy throwing stones at an Israeli tank.
I'm not sure where the connection is here, but the tank images struck me as somewhat similiar to each other, yet, I imagine the two images will mean different things to different people.
I'm not sure what either tank image has to do with Rockwell, that's just the story that got me thinking.

By: Soveran

Soveran — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:08:17 -0800

I also made a quick connection between those pictures and this one, taken at Buenos Aires on December 20th, 2001.

By: hob

hob — Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:15:23 -0800

idyllic?

By: robcorr

robcorr — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 05:22:43 -0800

What about this one of a Tibetan monk burning himself in protest?

By: kliuless

kliuless — Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:06:41 -0800

whoa, i just noticed the picture gallery! and i've been relying on yahoo most-viewed :) not really anything to do with tank images, but i did just come across these two photos that i thought were kind of connected: america caricatured and america caricatures itself.